ritual

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See also: Ritual and rituál

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin adjective rītuālis, from noun rītus (“rite”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/
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Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

  1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
    They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
    • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 855:
      These verses are the basis for the practice of wearing a prayer shawl (tallit) with a ritual fringe (tzitzit) on each of its four corners

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Noun

ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)

  1. A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.
    The priests carried out the religious ritual carefully.
    • 2017, Christine Honders, OCD: The Struggle with Obsessions and Compulsions, page 44:
      Despite their good intentions, family members who participate in OCD rituals help reinforce the problem.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rituālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituals)

  1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituals)

  1. ritual

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Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)

  1. ritual
    Synonym: ritus

Declension

Declension of ritual
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ritual ritualet ritualer ritualerne
genitive rituals ritualets ritualers ritualernes

References

Ladin

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)

  1. ritual

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)

  1. ritual

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)

  1. ritual

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

Adjective

ritual m or f (plural rituais)

  1. ritual

Noun

ritual m (plural rituais)

  1. ritual

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rituel or Italian rituale.

Noun

ritual n (plural rituali)

  1. ritual

Declension

Declension of ritual
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ritual ritualul (niște) rituali ritualile
genitive/dative (unui) ritual ritualului (unor) rituali ritualilor
vocative ritualule ritualilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ritǔaːl/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

Noun

ritùāl m (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)

  1. ritual

Declension

Declension of ritual
singular plural
nominative ritùāl rituali
genitive rituála rituala
dative ritualu ritualima
accusative ritual rituale
vocative rituale rituali
locative ritualu ritualima
instrumental ritualom ritualima

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rituālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈtwal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ri‧tual

Adjective

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituales)

  1. ritual

Derived terms

Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)

  1. rite
  2. ritual

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Further reading

Swedish

Noun

ritual c or n

  1. ritual (set of ceremonial actions, or set of actions more generally, like in English)
    den dagliga ritualen
    the daily ritual

Usage notes

Neuter gender is uncommon.

Declension

Declension of ritual 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ritual ritualen ritualer ritualerna
Genitive rituals ritualens ritualers ritualernas
Declension of ritual 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ritual ritualet ritual ritualen
Genitive rituals ritualets rituals ritualens

Derived terms

Related terms

References

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