mondial
See also: Mondial
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɒndi.əl/
Adjective
mondial (comparative more mondial, superlative most mondial)
- Worldwide, global. [from 20th c.]
- 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury, published 2011, page 69:
- Richard would even discuss her latest column, without in any way averring – even to himself – that what she wrote had all the mondial impact of a used cotton bud falling on to a damp towel.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French, originally referring to the worldly (material) as distinct from the spiritual. Compare Ecclesiastical Latin mundialis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃.djal/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mondial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Romanian
Pronunciation
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Adjective
mondial m or n (feminine singular mondială, masculine plural mondiali, feminine and neuter plural mondiale)
Declension
Declension of mondial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | mondial | mondială | mondiali | mondiale | ||
definite | mondialul | mondiala | mondialii | mondialele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | mondial | mondiale | mondiali | mondiale | ||
definite | mondialului | mondialei | mondialilor | mondialelor |
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