monacal

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin monachalis.

Adjective

monacal (epicene, plural monacales)

1. monastic

   Synonym: monásticu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monachālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.nəˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.nəˈkal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.naˈkal]

Adjective

monacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural monacals)

1. monastic

   Synonym: monàstic

Related terms

• monjo

Further reading

• “monacal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “monacal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “monacal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “monacal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin monachālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.na.kal/

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Adjective

monacal (feminine monacale, masculine plural monacaux, feminine plural monacales)

1. monastic

   Synonym: monastique

Further reading

• “monacal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin monachalis.

Adjective

monacal m or f (plural monacais)

1. monastic

   Synonym: monástico

Further reading

• “monacal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monachālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.naˈkaw/ [mo.naˈkaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.nɐˈkal/ [mu.nɐˈkaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.nɐˈkal/ [mu.nɐˈkaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.nɐˈka.li/

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mo‧na‧cal

Adjective

monacal m or f (plural monacais, not comparable)

1. monastic

   Synonym: monástico

Further reading

• “monacal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin monachālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monaˈkal/ [mo.naˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mo‧na‧cal

Adjective

monacal m or f (masculine and feminine plural monacales)

1. monastic

   Synonym: monástico

Further reading

• “monacal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28