oficial

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /o.fi.siˈal/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /u.fi.siˈal/
  • (file)

Adjective

oficial (masculine and feminine plural oficials)

  1. official

Derived terms

Noun

oficial m (plural oficials, feminine oficiala)

  1. official, officer

Further reading

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

oficial m (feminine singular oficiala, masculine plural oficials, feminine plural oficialas)

  1. official

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin officiālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.fi.siˈaw/ [o.fi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /o.fiˈsjaw/ [o.fiˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.fiˈsjal/ [ɔ.fiˈsjaɫ]

  • Rhymes: -al, -aw
  • Hyphenation: o‧fi‧ci‧al

Adjective

oficial m or f (plural oficiais)

  1. official

Derived terms

Noun

oficial m or f by sense (plural oficiais, feminine oficial or oficiala, feminine plural oficiais or oficialas)

  1. officer, official

Further reading

  • oficial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French officiel, from Late Latin officiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [o.fi.tʃiˈal]

Adjective

oficial m or n (feminine singular oficială, masculine plural oficiali, feminine and neuter plural oficiale)

  1. official
    Antonym: neoficial

Declension

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin officiālis. Cognate with English official.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ofiˈθjal/ [o.fiˈθjal]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ofiˈsjal/ [o.fiˈsjal]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: o‧fi‧cial

Adjective

oficial (plural oficiales)

  1. official

Derived terms

Noun

oficial m or f (plural oficiales)

  1. officer, official
  2. clerk, functionary
  3. office worker, skilled workman
  4. artisan
  5. butcher
    Synonym: carnicero
  6. executioner
    Synonym: verdugo
  7. journeyman

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Basque: ofizial

Further reading

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