Nadal

See also: nadal, Nadâl, nadał, nadął, and nädal

English

Etymology

From Romance (French Nadal (“Occitan Nadal”), Spanish Nadal (“Catalan Nadal, Occitan Nadal”), Italian Nadal (“Venetian Nadal”)). From Latin natalis (“birth, birthday”).

Proper noun

Nadal (plural Nadals)

A surname from the Romance languages.

Translations

Catalan: Nadal (ca)
French: Nadal (fr)
Italian: Nadal (it)
Occitan: Nadal (oc)
Spanish: Nadal (es)
Venetian: Nadal (vec)

Anagrams

Aland, Landa, N.D. Ala., Ndala, aland

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan nadal, from Latin nātālem [diēm Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal, a learnèd borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /nəˈdal/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /naˈdal/
Audio (Valencian) (file)

Proper noun

Nadal m

Christmas

Derived terms

arbre de Nadal
bon Nadal
nadala
nadalenc
nit de Nadal
tió de Nadal

Related terms

Natàlia

References

“Nadal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“Nadal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“Nadal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“Nadal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

Natal (southern Galicia)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Portuguese, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naˈðal/

Proper noun

Nadal m

Christmas Day
Christmas

Related terms

nadal (“December”)

References

“Nadal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“Nadal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“Nadal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“Nadal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“nadal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Proper noun

Nadal m

Christmas

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Compare Italian Natale.

Proper noun

Nadal m

Christmas