documental
English
Etymology
document + -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
documental (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of or relating to instruction.
- 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], OCLC 870900313:
- Documental sentences
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- (archaic) Of or relating to written evidence; documentary.
- documental testimony
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for documental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- columnated
Catalan
Etymology
document + -al
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /do.ku.mənˈtal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /du.ku.mənˈtal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /do.ku.menˈtal/
Adjective
documental (masculine and feminine plural documentals)
- pertaining to documents
Derived terms
- documentalisme
- documentalista
Noun
documental m (plural documentals)
- documentary
Derived terms
- docusèrie
Further reading
- “documental” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “documental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “documental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “documental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
documento + -al
Adjective
documental m or f (plural documentais)
- documentary
Further reading
- “documental” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese
Etymology
From documento (“document”) + -al (“of or relating to”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /do.ku.mẽˈtaw/ [do.ku.mẽˈtaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /du.ku.mẽˈtal/ [du.ku.mẽˈtaɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Adjective
documental m or f (plural documentais)
- documentary (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something)
Spanish
Etymology
documento + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dokumenˈtal/ [d̪o.ku.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Noun
documental m (plural documentales)
- documentary
Derived terms
- documentalismo
- documentalista
- documentalmente
Further reading
- “documental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014