paradoxal

English

Etymology

paradox +‎ -al

Adjective

paradoxal (comparative more paradoxal, superlative most paradoxal)

  1. Obsolete form of paradoxical.

References

Catalan

Etymology

From paradoxa +‎ -al.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Central) [pə.ɾə.ðukˈsal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [pə.ɾə.ðokˈsal]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [pa.ɾa.ðokˈsal]

Adjective

paradoxal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paradoxals)

  1. paradoxical

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French paradoxal (first attested in 1588). By surface analysis, paradoxe +‎ -al.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁa.dɔk.sal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Audio (Vosges, France)(file)
  • Homophones: paradoxale, paradoxales

Adjective

paradoxal (feminine paradoxale, masculine plural paradoxaux, feminine plural paradoxales)

  1. paradoxical
    Antonym: endoxal
  2. paradox-loving

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: paradoxal
  • → Turkish: paradoksal

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.dokˈsaw/ [pa.ɾa.dokˈsaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔˈksal/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔˈksaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔˈksa.li/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔˈksa.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧do‧xal

Adjective

paradoxal m or f (plural paradoxais)

  1. paradoxical

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paradoxal. By surface analysis, paradox +‎ -al.

Adjective

paradoxal m or n (feminine singular paradoxală, masculine plural paradoxali, feminine and neuter plural paradoxale)

  1. paradoxical

Declension
Declension of paradoxal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite paradoxal paradoxală paradoxali paradoxale
definite paradoxalul paradoxala paradoxalii paradoxalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite paradoxal paradoxale paradoxali paradoxale
definite paradoxalului paradoxalei paradoxalilor paradoxalelor

Swedish

Etymology

paradox +‎ -al

Adjective

paradoxal

  1. paradoxical

Declension
Inflection of paradoxal
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular paradoxal mer paradoxal mest paradoxal
Neuter singular paradoxalt mer paradoxalt mest paradoxalt
Plural paradoxala mer paradoxala mest paradoxala
Masculine plural3 paradoxale mer paradoxala mest paradoxala
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 paradoxale mer paradoxale mest paradoxale
All paradoxala mer paradoxala mest paradoxala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
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