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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒptɪməl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑptɪməl/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
[edit]optimal (not comparable)
- The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
- Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.
- 2014 August 21, Susan Stafford Kelly, “What Say You”, in Our State:
- Herewith, a brief primer in speaking basic North Carolinaese, meant to be read aloud for optimal effect.
- (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]the best
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Noun
[edit]optimal (plural optimals)
- The best of its kind
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Latin optimum suffixed with -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]optimal (feminine optimale, masculine plural optimaux, feminine plural optimales)
Further reading
[edit]- “optimal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]optimal (strong nominative masculine singular optimaler, comparative (colloquial) optimaler, superlative (colloquial) am optimalsten)
Usage notes
[edit]The comparation forms are considered incorrect by some prescriptivists, and are widely restricted to less formal usage.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of optimal
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist optimal | sie ist optimal | es ist optimal | sie sind optimal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | optimaler | optimale | optimales | optimale |
genitive | optimalen | optimaler | optimalen | optimaler | |
dative | optimalem | optimaler | optimalem | optimalen | |
accusative | optimalen | optimale | optimales | optimale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der optimale | die optimale | das optimale | die optimalen |
genitive | des optimalen | der optimalen | des optimalen | der optimalen | |
dative | dem optimalen | der optimalen | dem optimalen | den optimalen | |
accusative | den optimalen | die optimale | das optimale | die optimalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein optimaler | eine optimale | ein optimales | (keine) optimalen |
genitive | eines optimalen | einer optimalen | eines optimalen | (keiner) optimalen | |
dative | einem optimalen | einer optimalen | einem optimalen | (keinen) optimalen | |
accusative | einen optimalen | eine optimale | ein optimales | (keine) optimalen |
Comparative forms of optimal
Superlative forms of optimal
Further reading
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French optimal. By surface analysis, optim + -al.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]optimal m or n (feminine singular optimală, masculine plural optimali, feminine and neuter plural optimale)
Declension
[edit]Declension of optimal
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | optimal | optimală | optimali | optimale | ||
definite | optimalul | optimala | optimalii | optimalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | optimal | optimale | optimali | optimale | ||
definite | optimalului | optimalei | optimalilor | optimalelor |
References
[edit]- optimal in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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