virginal

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English

Etymology

From Middle English virginal, from Middle French virginal, from Latin virginālis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪnəl/

Adjective

virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)

  1. Being or resembling a virgin.
  2. Uncontaminated or pure.
  3. (zoology) Parthenogenic.

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Noun

Virginal (instrument)

virginal (plural virginal or virginals)

  1. (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
    • 1932, Maurice Baring, chapter 16, in Friday's Business‎:
      His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal, to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viʁ.ʒi.nal/
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Adjective

virginal (feminine virginale, masculine plural virginaux, feminine plural virginales)

  1. virginal

Noun

virginal m (plural virginaux)

  1. virginal

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: vir‧gi‧nal

Adjective

virginal m or f (plural virginais)

  1. virginal (relating to virgins)
  2. virgin: immaculate; chaste; untouched
    Synonyms: virgem, casto, imaculado

Quotations

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Related terms

Noun

virginal m (plural virginais)

  1. virginal (instrument)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French virginal, from Latin virginalus. By surface analysis, virgină +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

virginal m or n (feminine singular virginală, masculine plural virginali, feminine and neuter plural virginale)

  1. virginal

Declension

Declension of virginal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite virginal virginală virginali virginale
definite virginalul virginala virginalii virginalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite virginal virginale virginali virginale
definite virginalului virginalei virginalilor virginalelor

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biɾxiˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: vir‧gi‧nal

Adjective

virginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural virginales)

  1. virginal

Further reading

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