feudal

See also: feudał

English

Etymology

From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). More at fee.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjuːdl̩/, [ˈfjuː.dɫ̩]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfjudəl/, [ˈfju.ɾɫ̩]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophone: futile (some US accents)
  • Rhymes: -uːdəl
  • Hyphenation: feud‧al

Adjective

feudal (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to feudalism.
    • 1987, Deleuze & Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456:
      And the birth of nations implies many artifices: Not only are they constituted in an active struggle against the imperial or evolved systems, the feudal systems, and the autonomous cities, but they crush their own "minorities," in other words, minoritarian phenomena that could be termed "nationalitarian," which work from within and if need be turn to the old codes to find a greater degree of freedom.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudals)

  1. feudal

Danish

Adjective

feudal

  1. feudal

Further reading

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɔɪ̯ˈdaːl/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

feudal (strong nominative masculine singular feudaler, comparative feudaler, superlative am feudalsten)

  1. feudal

Declension
Positive forms of feudal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist feudal sie ist feudal es ist feudal sie sind feudal
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative feudaler feudale feudales feudale
genitive feudalen feudaler feudalen feudaler
dative feudalem feudaler feudalem feudalen
accusative feudalen feudale feudales feudale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der feudale die feudale das feudale die feudalen
genitive des feudalen der feudalen des feudalen der feudalen
dative dem feudalen der feudalen dem feudalen den feudalen
accusative den feudalen die feudale das feudale die feudalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein feudaler eine feudale ein feudales (keine) feudalen
genitive eines feudalen einer feudalen eines feudalen (keiner) feudalen
dative einem feudalen einer feudalen einem feudalen (keinen) feudalen
accusative einen feudalen eine feudale ein feudales (keine) feudalen
Comparative forms of feudal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist feudaler sie ist feudaler es ist feudaler sie sind feudaler
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative feudalerer feudalere feudaleres feudalere
genitive feudaleren feudalerer feudaleren feudalerer
dative feudalerem feudalerer feudalerem feudaleren
accusative feudaleren feudalere feudaleres feudalere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der feudalere die feudalere das feudalere die feudaleren
genitive des feudaleren der feudaleren des feudaleren der feudaleren
dative dem feudaleren der feudaleren dem feudaleren den feudaleren
accusative den feudaleren die feudalere das feudalere die feudaleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein feudalerer eine feudalere ein feudaleres (keine) feudaleren
genitive eines feudaleren einer feudaleren eines feudaleren (keiner) feudaleren
dative einem feudaleren einer feudaleren einem feudaleren (keinen) feudaleren
accusative einen feudaleren eine feudalere ein feudaleres (keine) feudaleren
Superlative forms of feudal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am feudalsten sie ist am feudalsten es ist am feudalsten sie sind am feudalsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative feudalster feudalste feudalstes feudalste
genitive feudalsten feudalster feudalsten feudalster
dative feudalstem feudalster feudalstem feudalsten
accusative feudalsten feudalste feudalstes feudalste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der feudalste die feudalste das feudalste die feudalsten
genitive des feudalsten der feudalsten des feudalsten der feudalsten
dative dem feudalsten der feudalsten dem feudalsten den feudalsten
accusative den feudalsten die feudalste das feudalste die feudalsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein feudalster eine feudalste ein feudalstes (keine) feudalsten
genitive eines feudalsten einer feudalsten eines feudalsten (keiner) feudalsten
dative einem feudalsten einer feudalsten einem feudalsten (keinen) feudalsten
accusative einen feudalsten eine feudalste ein feudalstes (keine) feudalsten

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “feudal” in Duden online
  • “feudal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Etymology

From feudo (“feud”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fewˈdaw/ [feʊ̯ˈdaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fewˈdal/ [fewˈðaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fewˈda.li/ [fewˈða.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: feu‧dal

Adjective

feudal m or f (plural feudais, not comparable)

  1. feudal
  2. (euphemistic) violent

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian feudale or French féodal.

Adjective

feudal m or n (feminine singular feudală, masculine plural feudali, feminine and neuter plural feudale)

  1. feudal

Declension
Declension of feudal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite feudal feudală feudali feudale
definite feudalul feudala feudalii feudalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite feudal feudale feudali feudale
definite feudalului feudalei feudalilor feudalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /feuˈdal/ [feu̯ˈð̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: feu‧dal

Adjective

feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudales)

  1. feudal

Derived terms

Further reading
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