vectorial

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti

Proto-Italic *weɣō

Latin vehō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin vectorlbor.

English vector

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisder.

Old French -ialder.

Middle English -ial

English -ial

English vectorial

From vector + -ial.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

vectorial (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a vector.

   Synonym: vectoral

2. (biochemistry) In the electron transport chain, being or relating to a type of enzyme-mediated reaction that moves protons in a specific direction (from the matrix into the inter-membrane space in this example).

Translations

of or pertaining to a vector

• Catalan: vectorial
• Esperanto: vektora
• Finnish: vektori-, vektorinen
• French: vectoriel (fr)
• German: vektoriell (de)
• Greek: ανυσματικός (el) (anysmatikós), διανυσματικός (el) (dianysmatikós)
• Irish: veicteoireach
• Italian: vettoriale (it)
• Polish: wektorowy (pl)
• Portuguese: vectorial (pt)
• Russian: ве́кторный (ru) (véktornyj)
• Spanish: vectorial (es)
• Swedish: vektoriell

Anagrams

• lactivore

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

vectorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural vectorials)

1. vectorial

Portuguese

Adjective

vectorial m or f (plural vectoriais)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of vetorial; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vectoriel.

Adjective

vectorial m or n (feminine singular vectorială, masculine plural vectoriali, feminine/neuter plural vectoriale)

1. vectorial

Declension

Declension of vectorial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	vectorial		vectorială	vectoriali	vectoriale
	definite	vectorialul		vectoriala	vectorialii	vectorialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	vectorial		vectoriale	vectoriali	vectoriale
	definite	vectorialului		vectorialei	vectorialilor	vectorialelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɡtoˈɾjal/ [beɣ̞.t̪oˈɾjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: vec‧to‧rial

Adjective

vectorial m or f (masculine and feminine plural vectoriales)

1. (mathematics) vectorial

Derived terms

• espacio vectorial
• producto vectorial
• vectorialmente

Related terms

• vector

Further reading

• “vectorial”, 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