papal

From Middle English papal, from Old French papal and Medieval Latin pāpālis (“papal”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪpəl/

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• Rhymes: -eɪpəl

papal (comparative more papal, superlative most papal)

1. Having to do with the pope or the papacy.
   • 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.

• popess
• papacy
• pope

• lappa, Lappa, appal

papal (epicene, plural papales)

1. papal (related to the pope or papacy)

From papa +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈpal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paˈpal]

papal m or f (masculine and feminine plural papals)

1. papal

   Synonyms: pontifical, pontifici

• butlla papal

• “papal”, 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

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin papālis. By surface analysis, pape +‎ -al.

• IPA^(key): /pa.pal/

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papal (feminine papale, masculine plural papaux, feminine plural papales)

1. papal

   Near-synonym: pontifical

   bulle papale ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “papal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: pa‧pal

papal m or f (plural papais)

1. papal (related to the pope or papacy)

Borrowed from French papal. By surface analysis, papă +‎ -al.

papal m or n (feminine singular papală, masculine plural papali, feminine and neuter plural papale)

1. papal

Borrowed from Medieval Latin papālis, from Ecclesiastical Latin papa.

• IPA^(key): /paˈpal/ [paˈpal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pa‧pal

papal m or f (masculine and feminine plural papales)

1. papal

• “papal”, 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

papal (nominative plural papals)

1. pope