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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.
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Adjective
conceptual (comparative more conceptual, superlative most conceptual)
- Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
1992, Rudolf M Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page viii:The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
- Existing only in the imagination.
We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
- Of or relating to conceptualism.
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of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
- Belarusian: канцэптуа́льны (kanceptuálʹny)
- Bulgarian: умозрителен (bg) (umozritelen)
- Catalan: conceptual (ca)
- Danish: konceptuel
- Dutch: conceptueel (nl)
- Finnish: käsite-, käsitteellinen (fi), ajatuksellinen, konsepti-, konseptuaalinen
- French: conceptuel (fr)
- Galician: conceptual (gl)
- German: konzeptionell (de)
- Greek: εννοιολογικός (el) (ennoiologikós)
- Hungarian: fogalmi (hu)
- Japanese: 概念的 (gainenteki)
- Latvian: jēdzienisks, konceptuāls
- Portuguese: conceitual, conceptual (Brazil, Portugal), concetual (Portugal)
- Russian: концептуа́льный (ru) (konceptuálʹnyj)
- Spanish: conceptual (es)
- Swedish: konceptuell (sv), begreppsmässig (sv), begreppslig
- Tagalog: dalumatin
- Ukrainian: концептуа́льний (konceptuálʹnyj)
- Yiddish: באַגריפֿיק (bagrifik)
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of, or relating to conceptualism
Further reading
- “conceptual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “conceptual”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Adjective
conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuals)
- conceptual
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Galician
Adjective
conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais)
- conceptual
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Portuguese
Adjective
conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais) (Brazilian spelling, European spelling)
- Alternative form of concetual (“conceptual”)
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French conceptuel. By surface analysis, concept + -ual.
Adjective
conceptual m or n (feminine singular conceptuală, masculine plural conceptuali, feminine and neuter plural conceptuale)
- conceptual
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin conceptuālis, from conceptus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /konθebˈtwal/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /konsebˈtwal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: con‧cep‧tual
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conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuales)
- conceptual
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