territorial
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/
Audio (CA) (file)
Adjective
territorial (comparative more territorial, superlative most territorial)
- Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
- Of or relating to geography or territory.
- 1918, Woodrow Wilson, “Fourteen Points,” pages 6–7:
- Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
- 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:, page 2:
- Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc.
- 1918, Woodrow Wilson, “Fourteen Points,” pages 6–7:
- (often capitalized) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
- (biology) Displaying territoriality.
Derived terms
- extraterritorial
- territorial waters
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ters- (0 c, 38 e)
Translations
of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory
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Noun
territorial (plural territorials)
- A non-professional member of a territorial army.
- 2013, Ira A. Hunt Jr., Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 166:
- The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territori + -al.
Adjective
territorial (masculine and feminine plural territorials)
- territorial
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French territorial.
Adjective
territorial
- territorial
Inflection
| Inflection of territorial | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | territorial | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | territorialt | — | —2 |
| Plural | territoriale | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | territoriale | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
References
- “territorial” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territoire + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛ.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal/, /te.ʁi.tɔ.ʁjal/
audio (file)
Adjective
territorial (feminine territoriale, masculine plural territoriaux, feminine plural territoriales)
- territorial
- Le Méliphage festonné est un oiseau territorial. ― The Western spinebill is a territorial bird.
- 1987 (transl. 1992), Panayiotis Jerasimof Vatikiotis, Odette Guitard, transl., L'Islam et l'État [Islam and the State]:
- En tant que concept politique, l'État-nation se caractérise par une autorité à base territoriale, et non par des conceptions universalistes, extra-territoriales.
- As a political concept, the nation-state is characterized by a territorially based authority, rather than universalist, extra-territorial conceptions.
Derived terms
- eaux territoriales
- mandat territorial
- mer territoriale
- territorialement
- territorialisme
- territorialité
Related terms
- terre
- terrestre
Noun
territorial m (plural territoriaux)
- territorial
Further reading
- “territorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɛʁitoˈʁi̯aːl]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧to‧ri‧al
Adjective
territorial (strong nominative masculine singular territorialer, not comparable)
- territorial
Declension
Positive forms of territorial (uncomparable)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist territorial | sie ist territorial | es ist territorial | sie sind territorial | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | territorialer | territoriale | territoriales | territoriale |
| genitive | territorialen | territorialer | territorialen | territorialer | |
| dative | territorialem | territorialer | territorialem | territorialen | |
| accusative | territorialen | territoriale | territoriales | territoriale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der territoriale | die territoriale | das territoriale | die territorialen |
| genitive | des territorialen | der territorialen | des territorialen | der territorialen | |
| dative | dem territorialen | der territorialen | dem territorialen | den territorialen | |
| accusative | den territorialen | die territoriale | das territoriale | die territorialen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein territorialer | eine territoriale | ein territoriales | (keine) territorialen |
| genitive | eines territorialen | einer territorialen | eines territorialen | (keiner) territorialen | |
| dative | einem territorialen | einer territorialen | einem territorialen | (keinen) territorialen | |
| accusative | einen territorialen | eine territoriale | ein territoriales | (keine) territorialen | |
Derived terms
- Territorialgewalt
- Territorialhoheit
- Territorialprinzip
- Territorialstaat
Related terms
- Territorium
Further reading
- “territorial” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “territorial” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “territorial” in Duden online
- “territorial” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French territorial, from Late Latin territorialis.
Adjective
territorial (masculine and feminine territorial, neuter territorialt, definite singular and plural territoriale)
- territorial
References
- “territorial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “territorial” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French territorial, from Late Latin territorialis.
Adjective
territorial (neuter territorialt, definite singular and plural territoriale)
- territorial
References
- “territorial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin territōriālis, from Latin territorium. By surface analysis, território + -al.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ʁi.to.ɾiˈaw/ [te.hi.to.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁi.toˈɾjaw/ [te.hi.toˈɾjaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /te.ʁi.to.ɾiˈaw/ [te.χi.to.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /te.ʁi.toˈɾjaw/ [te.χi.toˈɾjaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.ʁi.tuˈɾjal/ [tɨ.ʁi.tuˈɾjaɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧to‧ri‧al
Adjective
territorial m or f (plural territoriais, not comparable)
- territorial
Related terms
- território
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territorio + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teritoˈɾjal/ [t̪e.ri.t̪oˈɾjal]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: te‧rri‧to‧rial
Adjective
territorial (plural territoriales)
- territorial
Derived terms
- mar territorial
- territorialidad
- territorialismo
- territorializar
- territorialmente
Further reading
- “territorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014