oficial

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin officiālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [u.fi.siˈal]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [o.fi.siˈal]
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Adjective

oficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural oficials)

  1. official

Derived terms

Noun

oficial m (plural oficials, feminine oficiala, feminine plural oficiales)

  1. official, officer

Further reading

Occitan

Pronunciation

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]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.fiˈsja.li/

  • 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

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

Declension of oficial
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite oficial oficială oficiali oficiale
definite oficialul oficiala oficialii oficialele
genitive-
dative
indefinite oficial oficiale oficiali oficiale
definite oficialului oficialei oficialilor oficialelor

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin officiālis. Cognate with English official.

Pronunciation

Adjective

oficial m or f (masculine and feminine plural oficiales)

  1. official

Derived terms

Noun

oficial m or f by sense (plural oficiales)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Basque: ofizial
  • Cebuano: opisyal
  • Tagalog: opisyal
  • Tausug: upisyal

Further reading