feudal

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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.

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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.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudals)

  1. feudal

Danish

Adjective

feudal

  1. feudal

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. feudal

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Further reading

  • feudal” in Duden online
  • feudal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

Adjective

feudal m or f (plural feudais, not comparable)

  1. feudal
  2. (euphemistic) violent

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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

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feuˈdal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: feu‧dal

Adjective

feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudales)

  1. feudal

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