mondial

See also: Mondial

English

Alternative forms

• mundial

Etymology

From French mondial, from Latin mundiālis. Compare Middle English mondiall, mundyall (“worldly, temporal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒndi.əl/

Adjective

mondial (comparative more mondial, superlative most mondial)

1. Worldwide, global. [from 20th c.]
   • 1996, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis, Bloomsbury, published 2011, page 69:

     Richard would even discuss her latest column, without in any way averring – even to himself – that what she wrote had all the mondial impact of a used cotton bud falling on to a damp towel.

Anagrams

• lamnoid

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, originally referring to the worldly (material) as distinct from the spiritual. Compare Ecclesiastical Latin mundialis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ̃.djal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

mondial (feminine mondiale, masculine plural mondiaux, feminine plural mondiales)

1. global, worldwide

Derived terms

• guerre mondiale
• puissance mondiale
• Toile d’araignée mondiale

Descendants

• → English: mondial
• → Dutch: mondiaal

Further reading

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

Middle French

Adjective

mondial

1. worldly (physical rather than spiritual)

Descendants

• French: mondial
  • → English: mondial
  • → Dutch: mondiaal

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mondial m (feminine singular mondiala, masculine plural mondials, feminine plural mondialas)

1. global, worldwide

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mondial.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

mondial m or n (feminine singular mondială, masculine plural mondiali, feminine and neuter plural mondiale)

1. worldwide

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mondial		mondială		mondiali	mondiale
	definite	mondialul		mondiala		mondialii	mondialele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mondial		mondiale		mondiali	mondiale
	definite	mondialului		mondialei		mondialilor	mondialelor