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English
Etymology
From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el.[1] English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c.[2] By surface analysis, text + -ual.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/, /ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/, /ˈtɛks.tʃəl/
Adjective
textual (comparative more textual, superlative most textual)
- Of or pertaining to text.
- Of or pertaining to textuality.
- Coordinate terms: paratextual, peritextual, epitextual, contextual, subtextual
2019 July 3, Jess Schwalb, “Red Line Rebellion”, in Jewish Currents:On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.
- Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.
- I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.
- Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
textual m or f (masculine and feminine plural textuals)
- textual
- verbatim, word-for-word
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Galician
Adjective
textual m or f (plural textuais)
- textual
- verbatim, word-for-word
- exact, precise
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Portuguese
Etymology
From texto + -ual.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tes.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /tesˈtwaw/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tes.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /tesˈtwaw/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: tex‧tu‧al
Adjective
textual m or f (plural textuais)
- textual
- exact, precise
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French textuel. By surface analysis, text + -ual.
Adjective
textual m or n (feminine singular textuală, masculine plural textuali, feminine and neuter plural textuale)
- verbatim
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɡsˈtwal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: tex‧tual
Adjective
textual m or f (masculine and feminine plural textuales)
- exact, precise, literal
- textual
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