absidal

English

Etymology

Under the influence of French absidal.

Adjective

absidal (not comparable)

1. (rare) Alternative form of apsidal.

Derived terms

• absidal chapel

French

Etymology

From abside +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.si.dal/

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• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ab‧si‧dal

Adjective

absidal (feminine absidale, masculine plural absidaux, feminine plural absidales)

1. apsidal

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From abside +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.siˈdaw/ [ab.siˈdaʊ̯], /a.bi.siˈdaw/ [a.bi.siˈdaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.siˈdaw/ [ab.siˈdaʊ̯], /a.bi.siˈdaw/ [a.bi.siˈdaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ab.siˈdaw/ [ab.siˈdaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bsiˈdal/ [ɐ.βsiˈðaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bsiˈdal/ [ɐ.βsiˈðaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bsiˈda.li/ [ɐ.βsiˈða.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ab‧si‧dal

Adjective

absidal m or f (plural absidais)

1. (architecture) apsidal (of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse)

Further reading

• “absidal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “absidal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Adjective

absidal m or n (feminine singular absidală, masculine plural absidali, feminine/neuter plural absidale)

1. alternative form of absidial

Declension

Declension of absidal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	absidal		absidală	absidali	absidale
	definite	absidalul		absidala	absidalii	absidalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	absidal		absidale	absidali	absidale
	definite	absidalului		absidalei	absidalilor	absidalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /absiˈdal/ [aβ̞.siˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ab‧si‧dal

Adjective

absidal m or f (masculine and feminine plural absidales)

1. apsidal

   Synonym: absidial

Related terms

• ábside

Further reading

• “absidal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025