mondial

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French mondial, from Latin mundiālis. Compare Middle English mondiall, mundyall (worldly, temporal).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mondial (comparative more mondial, superlative most mondial)

  1. Worldwide, global.
    • 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury, published 2011, page 69:
      Richard would even discuss her latest column, without in any way averring – even to himself – that what she wrote had all the mondial impact of a used cotton bud falling on to a damp towel.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, originally referring to the worldly (material) as distinct from the spiritual. Compare Ecclesiastical Latin mundialis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃.djal/
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Adjective

mondial (feminine mondiale, masculine plural mondiaux, feminine plural mondiales)

  1. global, worldwide

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: mondial
  • Dutch: mondiaal

Further reading

Middle French

Adjective

mondial

  1. worldly (physical rather than spiritual)

Descendants

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

mondial m (feminine singular mondiala, masculine plural mondials, feminine plural mondialas)

  1. global, worldwide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mondial.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mondial m or n (feminine singular mondială, masculine plural mondiali, feminine and neuter plural mondiale)

  1. worldwide

Declension