conceptual

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/, /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃʊəl/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kənˈsep.t͡ʃʉ.əl/

conceptual (comparative more conceptual, superlative most conceptual)

1. 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, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →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.

2. Existing only in the imagination.

   We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

3. Of or relating to conceptualism.

• (of a concept): ideal, notional
• (imaginary): ideal, imaginary, notional

• concept
• conceptualism

• German: konzeptuell

• “conceptual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “conceptual”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -al

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuals)

1. conceptual

• conceptualisme
• conceptualista
• conceptualitzar

• concepte

• “conceptual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April

conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais)

1. conceptual

• conceptualmente

• concepto

• “conceptual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin conceptuālis.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: con‧cep‧tu‧al

conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais)

1. alternative form of concetual / conceitual

• conceptualmente

Borrowed from French conceptuel. By surface analysis, concept +‎ -ual.

conceptual m or n (feminine singular conceptuală, masculine plural conceptuali, feminine and neuter plural conceptuale)

1. conceptual

From Latin conceptuālis, from conceptus.

• IPA^(key): /konθebˈtwal/ (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /konsebˈtwal/ (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧cep‧tual

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuales)

1. conceptual

• “conceptual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10