feudal

== English == === Etymology === From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). By surface analysis, feud (“estate”) +‎ -al. More at fee. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjuːdəl/, [ˈfjuː.dɫ̩] (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfju.dəl/, [ˈfju.ɾɫ̩] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfjʉːdəl/, (casual) [ˈfjʉː.ɾɫ̩] Homophone: futile (some US accents) Hyphenation: feud‧al Rhymes: -uːdəl === Adjective === feudal (not comparable) Of, or relating to feudalism. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [fəwˈðal] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [fewˈðal] === Adjective === feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudals) feudal == Danish == === Adjective === feudal feudal ==== Related terms ==== feudalisme === Further reading === “feudal” in Den Danske Ordbog “feudal” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔɪ̯ˈdaːl/ === Adjective === feudal (strong nominative masculine singular feudaler, comparative feudaler, superlative am feudalsten) feudal ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Feudalismus, Feudalsystem === Further reading === “feudal” in Duden online “feudal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From feudo (“feud”) + -al (“of or relating to”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: feu‧dal === Adjective === feudal m or f (plural feudais, not comparable) feudal (euphemistic) violent ==== Derived terms ==== feudalismo feudalmente === Further reading === “feudal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “feudal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian feudale or French féodal. By surface analysis, feudă +‎ -al. === Adjective === feudal m or n (feminine singular feudală, masculine plural feudali, feminine/neuter plural feudale) feudal ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== feudaliza == Spanish == === Etymology === From feudo +‎ -al. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feuˈdal/ [feu̯ˈð̞al] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: feu‧dal === Adjective === feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudales) feudal ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “feudal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025