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English
Etymology
From document + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
documental (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of or relating to instruction.
1660, H More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; , London: J Flesher, for W Morden , →OCLC:Documental sentences
- (archaic) Of or relating to written evidence; documentary.
documental testimony
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Catalan
Etymology
From document + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
documental m or f (masculine and feminine plural documentals)
- (relational) document
Derived terms
Noun
documental m (plural documentals)
- documentary
Derived terms
Further reading
- “documental”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “documental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “documental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “documental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From documento + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dokumenˈtal/
- IPA(key): /dokumɛnˈtal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Adjective
documental m or f (plural documentais)
- documentary
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From documento (“document”) + -al (“of or relating to”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Adjective
documental m or f (plural documentais)
- documentary (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something)
Spanish
Etymology
From documento + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dokumenˈtal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Noun
documental m (plural documentales)
- documentary
- Synonym: documentario
Derived terms
Further reading