missal

English

Etymology

From Old French messel (“book of the Mass”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, Canada) Homophone: missile

Noun

missal (plural missals)

1. (religion) A prayer book.
   1. (Catholicism) A book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year.

Translations

book containing the prayers and responses needed when celebrating the Roman Catholic Mass throughout the year

• Catalan: missal (ca) m
• Dutch: missaal (nl) n, misboek (nl) n
• French: missel (fr) m
• German: Missal (de) n, Messbuch (de) n
• Greek: λειτουργικό (el) n (leitourgikó)
• Irish: leabhar Aifrinn m
• Italian: messale (it) m
• Macedonian: ми́сал m (mísal), слу́жебник m (slúžebnik)
• Polish: mszał (pl) m
• Russian: миссал m (missal)
• Spanish: misal (es) m
• Welsh: misal m, llyfr offeren m

Anagrams

• Islams, Salims, Smails, misals, salmis, simals, smails

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin missālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [miˈsal]

Noun

missal m (plural missals)

1. missal

Related terms

• missa

Further reading

• “missal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈsaw/ [miˈsaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈsal/ [miˈsaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈsal/ [miˈsaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈsa.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: mis‧sal

Noun

missal m (plural missais)

1. (Christianity) missal (book containing prayers used during mass)

Related terms

• missa