paradoxal

English

Etymology

paradox +‎ -al

Adjective

paradoxal (comparative more paradoxal, superlative most paradoxal)

1. Obsolete form of paradoxical.

References

• “paradoxal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

From paradoxa +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.ɾə.ðukˈsal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.ɾə.ðokˈsal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pa.ɾa.ðokˈsal]

Adjective

paradoxal m or f (masculine and feminine plural paradoxals)

1. paradoxical

Derived terms

• paradoxalment

Further reading

• “paradoxal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “paradoxal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “paradoxal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “paradoxal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French paradoxal (first attested in 1588). By surface analysis, paradoxe +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.dɔk.sal/

• Rhymes: -al

• Audio (Vosges, France)

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• Homophones: paradoxale, paradoxales

Adjective

paradoxal (feminine paradoxale, masculine plural paradoxaux, feminine plural paradoxales)

1. paradoxical

   Antonym: endoxal

2. paradox-loving

Derived terms

• paradoxalement
• paradoxalité

 

Related terms

• paradoxe
• paradoxer

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: paradoxal
• → Turkish: paradoksal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾa.dokˈsaw/ [pa.ɾa.dokˈsaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔˈksal/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔˈksaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔˈksal/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔˈksaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.dɔˈksa.li/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.ðɔˈksa.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧do‧xal

Adjective

paradoxal m or f (plural paradoxais)

1. paradoxical

Derived terms

• paradoxalmente

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French paradoxal. By surface analysis, paradox +‎ -al.

Adjective

paradoxal m or n (feminine singular paradoxală, masculine plural paradoxali, feminine and neuter plural paradoxale)

1. paradoxical

Declension

Declension of paradoxal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	paradoxal		paradoxală	paradoxali	paradoxale
	definite	paradoxalul		paradoxala	paradoxalii	paradoxalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	paradoxal		paradoxale	paradoxali	paradoxale
	definite	paradoxalului		paradoxalei	paradoxalilor	paradoxalelor

Swedish

Etymology

paradox +‎ -al

Adjective

paradoxal

1. paradoxical

Declension

Inflection of paradoxal
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	paradoxal	mer paradoxal	mest paradoxal
Neuter singular	paradoxalt	mer paradoxalt	mest paradoxalt
Plural	paradoxala	mer paradoxala	mest paradoxala
Masculine plural3	paradoxale	mer paradoxala	mest paradoxala
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	paradoxale	mer paradoxale	mest paradoxale
All	paradoxala	mer paradoxala	mest paradoxala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic