irracional

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin irratiōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iraθjoˈnal/,
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: i‧rra‧cio‧nal

Adjective

irracional (epicene, plural irracionales)

  1. irrational (unfounded or nonsensical)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irratiōnālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

irracional m or f (masculine and feminine plural irracionals)

  1. irrational
    Antonym: racional

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin irratiōnālis.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /iraθjoˈnal/
  • IPA(key): (seseo) /irasjoˈnal/

  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: i‧rra‧cio‧nal

Adjective

irracional m or f (plural irracionais)

  1. irrational, absurd
    Antonym: racional

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irratiōnālis.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ʁa.si.oˈnaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /i.ʁa.sjoˈnaw/
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: ir‧ra‧ci‧o‧al

Adjective

irracional m or f (plural irracionais, comparable, comparative mais irracional, superlative o mais irracional or irracionalíssimo)

  1. (comparable) not rational; irrational; unfounded; nonsensical; absurd
  2. (not comparable, of a living being) that is of a non-human species, thus inherently not rational; nonhuman and irrational
  3. (not comparable, of a real number) that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin irratiōnālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /iraθjoˈnal/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /irasjoˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: i‧rra‧cio‧nal

Adjective

irracional m or f (masculine and feminine plural irracionales)

  1. irrational, absurd
    Antonym: racional

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