textual

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English

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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/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

textual (comparative more textual, superlative most textual)

  1. Of or pertaining to text.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  2. Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.

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References

  1. ^ textuē̆l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “textual”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

textual m or f (masculine and feminine plural textuals)

  1. textual
  2. verbatim, word-for-word

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Galician

Adjective

textual m or f (plural textuais)

  1. textual
  2. verbatim, word-for-word
  3. exact, precise

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Portuguese

Etymology

From texto +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: tex‧tu‧al

Adjective

textual m or f (plural textuais)

  1. textual
  2. 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)

  1. verbatim

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teɡsˈtwal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: tex‧tual

Adjective

textual m or f (masculine and feminine plural textuales)

  1. exact, precise, literal
  2. textual

Derived terms

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