especial
English
Alternative forms
- especiall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English, via Old French, from Latin specialis, from species (“appearance, form, beauty”), from specere (“to look”). Related to English special and species.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛsˈpɛʃəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʃəl
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧cial
Adjective
especial (comparative more especial, superlative most especial)
- Exceptional in importance or significance; special.
- Pay especial attention to chapter five.
- an especial hatred of cats
- Particular.
- acting with no especial goal
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Catalan
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Further reading
- “especial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “especial” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “especial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “especial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Adjective
especial m (feminine singular especiala, masculine plural especials, feminine plural especialas)
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Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 117.
Old French
Declension
Declension of especial
Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Subject | especials, especiaus | especiale | especial |
Oblique | especial | especiale | especial | |
Plural | Subject | especial | especiales | especial |
Oblique | especials, especiaus | especiales | especial |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iʃpɨˈsjaɫ/
Adjective
especial m or f (plural especiais, comparable)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /espeˈθjal/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /espeˈsjal/
Adjective
especial (plural especiales)
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Further reading
- “especial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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