figural

== English == === Etymology === From Old French figural, from late Latin figūrālis, from figūra (“figure”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɪɡ(j)ʊɹəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪɡjəɹəl/ Hyphenation: fig‧ur‧al === Adjective === figural (comparative more figural, superlative most figural) Representing by means of a figure; emblematic. Figurative, not literal. (mathematics, obsolete) Of numbers, describing a geometrical figure. (obsolete) Pertaining to a figure, shape. (rare) Pertaining to (human) figures. (music) Figurate. ==== Derived terms ==== == Old French == === Adjective === figural m (oblique and nominative feminine singular figurale) symbolic ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: figural French: figural