virginal

English

Etymology

From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəl/

Adjective

virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)

1. Being or resembling a virgin.
2. Uncontaminated or pure.
3. (zoology) Parthenogenic.

Derived terms

• virginal membrane

 

Translations

being or resembling virgin

• Albanian: i virgjër (sq)
• Azerbaijani: bakir, məsum
• Bulgarian: де́вствен (bg) (dévstven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 處女的／处女的 (zh) (chǔnǚ de)

• Danish: jomfruelig
• Esperanto: virga
• Finnish: neitseellinen (fi)
• French: virginal (fr)
• Galician: virxinal
• Georgian: ქალწულისებური (kalc̣uliseburi), ქალწული (kalc̣uli)
• German: jungfräulich (de)
• Irish: maighdeanúil, ógh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jomfruelig

• Russian: де́вственный (ru) (dévstvennyj)
• Spanish: virginal (es), virgíneo

Noun

Virginal (instrument)

virginal (plural virginal or virginals)

1. (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
   • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, in Friday's Business‎^[1]:

     His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.

Synonyms

• pair of virginals

Translations

musical instrument

• Catalan: virginal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古鍵琴／古键琴 (gǔjiànqín), 維吉那琴／维吉那琴 (wéijínàqín)

• Dutch: virginaal (nl) n
• Finnish: virginaali
• French: virginal (fr) m
• German: Virginal n
• Portuguese: virginal f

Anagrams

• rivaling

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒi.nal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

virginal (feminine virginale, masculine plural virginaux, feminine plural virginales)

1. virginal

Noun

virginal m (plural virginaux)

1. virginal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒiˈnaw/ [viɦ.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒiˈnaw/ [viɦ.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒiˈnaw/ [viɾ.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /viʁ.ʒiˈnaw/ [viʁ.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viɻ.ʒiˈnaw/ [viɻ.ʒiˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒiˈnal/ [viɾ.ʒiˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒiˈnal/ [viɾ.ʒiˈnaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biɾ.ʒiˈnal/ [biɾ.ʒiˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viɾ.ʒiˈna.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: vir‧gi‧nal

Adjective

virginal m or f (plural virginais)

1. virginal (relating to virgins)
2. virgin: immaculate; chaste; untouched

   Synonyms: virgem, casto, imaculado

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:virginal.

Related terms

• virgem
• virgindade

Noun

virginal m (plural virginais)

1. virginal (instrument)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French virginal, from Latin virginalus. By surface analysis, virgină +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vir.d͡ʒiˈnal/

Adjective

virginal m or n (feminine singular virginală, masculine plural virginali, feminine and neuter plural virginale)

1. virginal

Declension

Declension of virginal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	virginal		virginală	virginali	virginale
	definite	virginalul		virginala	virginalii	virginalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	virginal		virginale	virginali	virginale
	definite	virginalului		virginalei	virginalilor	virginalelor

References

• virginal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biɾxiˈnal/ [biɾ.xiˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: vir‧gi‧nal

Adjective

virginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural virginales)

1. virginal

Further reading

• “virginal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16