documental
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntəl
Adjective
documental (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Of or relating to instruction.
- 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC:
- Documental sentences
- (archaic) Of or relating to written evidence; documentary.
- documental testimony
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “documental”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [du.ku.mənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [do.ku.mənˈtal]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [do.ku.menˈtal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Adjective
documental m or f (masculine and feminine plural documentals)
- (relational) document
Derived terms
- documentalisme
- documentalista
Noun
documental m (plural documentals)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “documental”, 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
- “documental”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “documental” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “documental” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dokumenˈtal/ [d̪o.ku.mẽn̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
- IPA(key): /dokumɛnˈtal/ [d̪o.ku.mɛ̃n̪ˈt̪ɑɫ]
- Rhymes: -al
- Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Adjective
documental m or f (plural documentais)
Further reading
- “documental”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
From documento (“document”) + -al (“of or relating to”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /do.ku.mẽˈtaw/ [do.ku.mẽˈtaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /du.ku.mẽˈtal/ [du.ku.mẽˈtaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /du.ku.mẽˈta.li/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Adjective
documental m or f (plural documentais)
- documentary (of, related to or based on documents/that serves to document something)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dokumenˈtal/ [d̪o.ku.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: do‧cu‧men‧tal
Noun
documental m (plural documentales)
- documentary
- Synonym: documentario
Derived terms
Further reading
- “documental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024