ritual

See also: Ritual and rituál

English

Alternative forms

• rituall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin adjective rītuālis, from noun rītus (“rite”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/

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Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.

   They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.

   • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 855:

     These verses are the basis for the practice of wearing a prayer shawl (tallit) with a ritual fringe (tzitzit) on each of its four corners

Derived terms

• bi-ritual
• ritual abuse
• ritually
• ritual servitude
• ritual Ten Commandments

 

Translations

related to a rite

• Afrikaans: ritueel
• Armenian: ծիսական (hy) (cisakan)
• Bulgarian: ритуален (bg) (ritualen), церемониален (bg) (ceremonialen)
• Catalan: ritual (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 儀式／仪式 (zh) (yíshì)

• Czech: rituální (cs)
• Danish: rituel
• Finnish: rituaalinen
• French: rituel (fr) m
• Galician: ritual (gl) m or f
• Georgian: რიტუალური (riṭualuri)
• German: rituell (de)
• Hebrew: פֻּלְחָן (he) m
• Hungarian: rituális (hu), szertartásos (hu), ünnepélyes (hu)
• Italian: rituale (it)
• Japanese: 儀式的 (ja) (ぎしきてき, gishikiteki)
• Latin: rītuālis
• Latvian: rituāls (lv)
• Maori: kawanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rituell

  Nynorsk: rituell

• Polish: rytualny (pl) m, obrzędowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: ritual (pt), ritualístico
• Russian: ритуа́льный (ru) (rituálʹnyj), обря́довый (ru) (obrjádovyj)
• Swedish: rituell (sv)
• Ukrainian: ритуа́льний (rytuálʹnyj), обрядо́вий (obrjadóvyj), обря́дний (obrjádnyj)
• Welsh: defodol (cy)

Noun

ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)

1. A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.

   The priests carried out the religious ritual carefully.

   • 2017, Christine Honders, OCD: The Struggle with Obsessions and Compulsions, page 44:

     Despite their good intentions, family members who participate in OCD rituals help reinforce the problem.

Derived terms

• ritualisation, ritualization
• ritualise, ritualize
• ritualist
• ritualistic
• ritually

Translations

repeated set of actions

• Albanian: ritual (sq) m
• Arabic: شَعِيرَة f (šaʕīra), مَرَاسِم m (marāsim), طُقُوس m pl (ṭuqūs)
• Armenian: ծես (hy) (ces), արարողություն (araroġutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: ayin (az), mərasim
• Bashkir: йола (yola)
• Belarusian: рытуа́л m (rytuál), абра́д m (abrád)
• Bengali: আচার (bn) (acar)
• Bulgarian: ритуа́л (bg) m (rituál), о́бред (bg) m (óbred)
• Burmese: အခမ်းအနား (my) (a.hkam:a.na:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 儀式／仪式 (zh) (yíshì), 典禮／典礼 (zh) (diǎnlǐ)

• Czech: rituál (cs) m, obřad (cs) m
• Danish: ritual n
• Dutch: ritueel (nl) n
• Egyptian: (jrw)
• Esperanto: ritaro, ritualo
• Estonian: rituaal
• Finnish: rituaali (fi)
• French: rituel (fr) m
• Galician: ritual (gl)
• Georgian: რიტუალი (riṭuali)
• German: Ritual (de) n
• Greek: τελετουργικό (el) n (teletourgikó)

  Ancient: τελετή f (teletḗ)

• Hebrew: טֶקֶס (he) m (tékes)
• Hindi: अनुष्ठान (hi) m (anuṣṭhān)
• Hungarian: szertartás (hu), rítus (hu), rituálé (hu)
• Indonesian: ritual (id)
• Irish: deasghnáth m
• Italian: rituale (it) m
• Japanese: 儀式 (ja) (ぎしき, gishiki), 祭祀 (ja) (さいし, saishi)
• Kashubian: ritual m, obrząd m
• Kazakh: ырым (yrym), рәсім (kk) (räsım)
• Khmer: ពិធី (km) (pithii), វិធី (km) (vithii)
• Korean: 의식(儀式) (ko) (uisik), 의례(儀禮) (ko) (uirye), 제사(祭祀) (ko) (jesa)
• Kyrgyz: ырым (ky) (ırım)
• Lao: ພິທີ (phi thī), ພິທີກຳ (phi thī kam)
• Latin: ritus m, caerimōnia (la) f
• Latvian: rituāls (lv) m, rits (lv) m
• Lithuanian: ritualas m
• Macedonian: ритуа́л m (rituál), обред m (obred)
• Maori: whakaritenga, ritenga, kawanga
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: rituel m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ritual n

  Nynorsk: ritual n

• Old English: ġewuna m
• Persian: آیین (fa) (âyin), مراسم (fa) (marâsem)
• Polish: rytuał (pl) m, obrządek (pl) m, obrzęd (pl) m
• Portuguese: ritual (pt) m, rito (pt) m
• Romanian: ritual (ro) n
• Russian: ритуа́л (ru) m (rituál), обря́д (ru) m (obrjád)
• Scots: reetual
• Scottish Gaelic: deas-ghnàth m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀бред m, риту̀а̄л m

  Roman: òbred (sh) m, ritùāl (sh) m

• Sherpa: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: rituál m, obrad m
• Slovene: ritual m, obred (sl) m
• Spanish: ritual (es) m
• Swedish: ritual (sv) c
• Tagalog: sulinaw
• Tajik: маросим (marosim), расм (tg) (rasm), оин (tg) (oyin)
• Thai: พิธี (th) (pí-tii), พิธีกรรม (th) (pí-tii-gam)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ayin (tr), ritüel (tr), merasim (tr)
• Ukrainian: ритуа́л m (rytuál), обря́д m (obrjád)
• Uzbek: marosim (uz)
• Vietnamese: lễ nghi (vi), nghi lễ (vi), nghi thức (vi)
• Welsh: defod (cy)

Anagrams

• litura

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rituālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ri.tuˈal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituals)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituals)

1. ritual

Related terms

• ritu

Further reading

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

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌʁituˈæˀl]

Noun

ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)

1. ritual

   Synonym: ritus

Declension

Declension of ritual

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ritual	ritualet	ritualer	ritualerne
genitive	rituals	ritualets	ritualers	ritualernes

References

• “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog

Ladin

Adjective

ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)

1. ritual

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)

1. ritual

References

• “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [hi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [hiˈtwaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [hi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [hiˈtwaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [χi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [χiˈtwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈtwal/ [ʁiˈtwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈtwal/ [ʁiˈtwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈtwa.li/

• Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

Adjective

ritual m or f (plural rituais)

1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituais)

1. ritual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rituel or Italian rituale.

Noun

ritual n (plural rituali)

1. ritual

Declension

Declension of ritual

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ritual	ritualul	(niște) rituali	ritualile
genitive/dative	(unui) ritual	ritualului	(unor) rituali	ritualilor
vocative	ritualule		ritualilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ritǔaːl/
• Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

Noun

ritùāl m (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)

1. ritual

Declension

Declension of ritual

	singular	plural
nominative	ritùāl	rituali
genitive	rituála	rituala
dative	ritualu	ritualima
accusative	ritual	rituale
vocative	rituale	rituali
locative	ritualu	ritualima
instrumental	ritualom	ritualima

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rituālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈtwal/ [riˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ri‧tual

Adjective

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituales)

1. ritual

Derived terms

• ritualidad
• ritualismo
• ritualista
• ritualmente

 

Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)

1. rite
2. ritual

Related terms

• rito

 

Further reading

• “ritual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

ritual c or n

1. ritual (set of ceremonial actions, or set of actions more generally, like in English)

   den dagliga ritualen

   the daily ritual

Usage notes

Neuter gender is uncommon.

Declension

Declension of ritual

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ritual	rituals
	definite	ritualen	ritualens
plural	indefinite	ritualer	ritualers
	definite	ritualerna	ritualernas

Declension of ritual

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ritual	rituals
	definite	ritualet	ritualets
plural	indefinite	ritual	rituals
	definite	ritualen	ritualens

Derived terms

• ritualenlig
• ritualhandling
• ritualisera
• ritualisering
• ritualism
• ritualist
• ritualistisk
• ritualmord
• ritualmässig
• ritualslakt

 

Related terms

• rit
• rituell

References

• ritual in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ritual in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ritual in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)