editorial

See also: éditorial

English

Etymology

From editor +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛdɪˈtɔɹiəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: edi‧to‧ri‧al
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

editorial (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to an editor, editing or an editorial.

   editorial labours; editorial remarks

2. (fashion) Appropriate for high fashion magazines.

Translations

of or relating to an editor, editing, or an editorial

• Bulgarian: редакцио́нен (redakciónen)
• Catalan: editorial (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 编辑的, 社论的

• Finnish: toimituksellinen (fi)
• French: éditorial (fr), rédactionnel (fr)
• German: redaktionell (de), editorisch (de)
• Italian: editoriale (it)
• Marathi: संपादकीय (mr) (sampādakīya)
• Mizo: kamchhuak
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: redaksjonell

  Nynorsk: redaksjonell

• Polish: redakcyjny (pl), redaktorski (pl), wydawniczy (pl)
• Portuguese: editorial (pt)
• Russian: редакцио́нный (ru) (redakciónnyj), реда́кторский (ru) (redáktorskij)
• Spanish: editorial (es)
• Swedish: redaktionell (sv)

Noun

editorial (plural editorials)

1. An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event.
   • 1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 361:

     Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line [...] but years later than need have been—[...].

2. A similar commentary on radio or television.

Translations

article giving the opinion of editors

• Arabic: اِفْتِتاحِيّة f (iftitāḥiyya)
• Bashkir: баш мәҡәлә (baş məqələ)
• Bulgarian: редакцио́нна статия́ f (redakciónna statijá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社論／社论 (zh) (shèlún), 社說／社说 (zh) (shèshuō)

• Danish: leder (da) c, lederartikel, spids (da) c
• Estonian: juhtkiri
• Faroese: oddagrein f
• Finnish: pääkirjoitus (fi)
• French: éditorial (fr) m
• German: Leitartikel (de) m
• Hungarian: vezércikk (hu)
• Icelandic: forystugrein f
• Irish: eagarfhocal m
• Japanese: 社説 (ja) (しゃせつ, shasetsu)
• Korean: 사설 (ko) (saseol)
• Manx: ard-art m
• Maori: whakaaro a te ētita
• Marathi: संपादकीय (mr) n (sampādakīya)
• Mizo: kamchhuak
• Nepali: सम्पादकिय (sampādakiya)
• Polish: artykuł wstępny m, edytorial m, wstępniak (pl) m
• Portuguese: editorial (pt) m
• Russian: передови́ца (ru) f (peredovíca), редакцио́нная статья́ f (redakciónnaja statʹjá), передова́я (ru) f (peredovája)
• Spanish: editorial (es) m
• Swedish: ledare (sv) c
• Turkish: başyazı (tr)
• Vietnamese: bài xã luận

similar commentary on radio or TV

• Portuguese: comentário (pt)

Derived terms

• advertorial
• editorial cartoon
• editorial cartoonist
• editorial we

 

Anagrams

• radiolite

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ði.tu.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ði.to.ɾiˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ði.to.ɾiˈal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

editorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural editorials)

1. editorial (relating to editing)

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /editoˈɾjal/ [e.ð̞i.t̪oˈɾjɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: e‧di‧to‧rial

Adjective

editorial m or f (plural editoriais)

1. editorial

Further reading

• “editorial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English editorial.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.d͡ʒi.to.ɾiˈaw/ [e.d͡ʒi.to.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /e.d͡ʒi.toˈɾjaw/ [e.d͡ʒi.toˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.di.tuˈɾjal/ [i.ði.tuˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.di.tuˈɾjal/ [i.ði.tuˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.di.tuˈɾja.li/ [i.ði.tuˈɾja.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: e‧di‧to‧ri‧al

Adjective

editorial m or f (plural editoriais)

1. editorial (relating to editor or edition)
2. (journalism) editorial (relating to an article written by the management of a publication that expresses its opinion on a specific current issue)

Noun

editorial m (plural editoriais)

1. editorial (article giving the opinion of editors)

Noun

editorial f (plural editoriais)

1. publishing company

Related terms

verbs

• editar

 

Further reading

• “editorial”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “editorial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Alternative forms

• едиториал (editorial) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French éditorial. By surface analysis, editor +‎ -ial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (prescribed) /e.di.to.riˈal/, (most common) /e.di.toˈrjal/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: e‧di‧to‧ri‧al

Adjective

editorial m or n (feminine singular editorială, masculine plural editoriali, feminine and neuter plural editoriale)

1. editorial (relating to editors)

Declension

Declension of editorial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	editorial		editorială	editoriali	editoriale
	definite	editorialul		editoriala	editorialii	editorialele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	editorial		editoriale	editoriali	editoriale
	definite	editorialului		editorialei	editorialilor	editorialelor

Noun

editorial n (plural editoriale)

1. editorial (type of article)

Declension

Declension of editorial

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) editorial	editorialul	(niște) editoriale	editorialele
genitive/dative	(unui) editorial	editorialului	(unor) editoriale	editorialelor
vocative	editorialule		editorialelor

Further reading

• editorial in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /editoˈɾjal/ [e.ð̞i.t̪oˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: e‧di‧to‧rial

Adjective

editorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural editoriales)

1. editorial

Derived terms

• caricatura editorial
• editorialmente
• línea editorial

 

Noun

editorial m (plural editoriales)

1. editorial

Noun

editorial f (plural editoriales)

1. publisher

Further reading

• “editorial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28