nadal

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === Nadal === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan nadal, from Latin nātālis. Doublet of natal, a learned borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈðal] IPA(key): (Valencia) [naˈðal] === Proper noun === nadal m Christmas === Noun === nadal m (plural nadals) an occasion of Christmas Bon Nadal! ― Merry Christmas! ==== Derived terms ==== nadala nadalenc === References === “nadal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “nadal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “nadal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “nadal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnadal] === Participle === nadal masculine singular past active participle of nadat == Extremaduran == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin natāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈdal/ === Verb === nadal to swim == Galician == === Alternative forms === natal (southern Galicia) === Etymology === 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese nadal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈdal/ [naˈð̞ɑɫ] Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: na‧dal === Noun === nadal m Christmas Day; Christmas Synonym: Nadal December Synonym: decembro === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nadal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nadal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nadal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Old Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin natalis. === Proper noun === nadal m (nominative singular nadals) Christmas (date commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ) ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: nadal Occitan: nadal === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “natalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 37 == Old Polish == === Etymology === Univerbation of na +‎ dal. First attested in 1425. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /nadaːlʲ/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /nadɒlʲ/ === Adverb === nadal (attested in Masovia) farther in space ==== Descendants ==== Polish: nadal === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “nadal”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Mańczak, Witold (2017), “nadal”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “nadal”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “nadal”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish nadal. By surface analysis, univerbation of na +‎ dal. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -adal Syllabification: na‧dal === Adverb === nadal (not comparable) still (now just like earlier) Synonyms: jeszcze, dalej, wciąż === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nadal is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 8 times in scientific texts, 34 times in news, 18 times in essays, 13 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 77 times, making it the 838th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === nadal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN nadal in Polish dictionaries at PWN Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “dala”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “NADAL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 23.08.2021 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “nadal”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “nadal”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nadal”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 30 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈdal/ [naˈð̞al] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: na‧dal === Noun === nadal m (plural nadales) (obsolete) Christmas day, Nativity day ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “nadal”, 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