generalis

See also: generális

Latin

Etymology

From genus, generis +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.neˈraː.lis/, [ɡɛnɛˈräːlʲɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.neˈra.lis/, [d͡ʒeneˈräːlis]

Adjective

generālis (neuter generāle, comparative generālior, superlative generālissimus, adverb generāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. general, generic

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	generālis	generāle		generālēs	generālia
genitive	generālis			generālium
dative	generālī			generālibus
accusative	generālem	generāle		generālēs generālīs	generālia
ablative	generālī			generālibus
vocative	generālis	generāle		generālēs	generālia

Derived terms

• generāliter (adverb)

Descendants

• Catalan: general
• English: general
• Esperanto: ĝenerala
• French: général
• German: generell
• Italian: generale
• Old Galician-Portuguese: gẽeral
  • Portuguese: geral
  • Galician: xeral
• → Portuguese: general
• Romanian: general
• Spanish: general
  • Old Leonese: [Term?]
    • Asturian: xeneral
    • Leonese: xeneral
    • Extremaduran: general
    • Mirandese: general

References

• “generalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “generalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• generalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.