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superior
English
Alternative forms
- superiour (British) (obsolete)
Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Old French superiour, from Latin superior (“higher, upper”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /su??p??.?i.?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??p??.i.?/
- Rhymes: -???i?(?)
Adjective
superior (not comparable)
- Higher in rank, status, or quality.
- Of high standard or quality.
- Greater in size or power.
- (superior to) Beyond the power or influence of; too great or firm to be subdued or affected by.
- Greater or better than average.
- Synonym: extraordinary
- Courageously or serenely indifferent (as to something painful or disheartening).
- (typography) Printed in superscript.
- Located above or out; higher in position.
- (botany) (of a calyx) Above the ovary; said of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part.
- (botany) (of an ovary) Above and free from the other floral organs.
- (botany) Belonging to the part of an axillary flower which is toward the main stem.
- Synonym: posterior
- (botany) (of the radicle) Pointing toward the apex of the fruit.
- Synonym: ascending
- (taxonomy) More comprehensive.
- Affecting or assuming an air of superiority.
- Synonym: supercilious
- (astronomy) (of a planet) Closer to the Earth than to the Sun.
Usage notes
- Superior and inferior are generally followed by to; than is sometimes used mistakenly.
Antonyms
- inferior
Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
superior (plural superiors)
- A person of higher rank or quality, especially a colleague in a higher position.
- Synonym: overling
- The senior person in a monastic community.
- The head of certain religious institutions and colleges.
- Hyponyms: father superior, mother superior
- (printing) A superior letter, figure, or symbol.
- Synonym: superscript
- (Scotland, law, historical) One who has made an original grant of heritable property to a tenant or vassal, on condition of a certain annual payment (feu duty) or of the performance of certain services.
Translations
References
- “superior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “superior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
- superior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- superior at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin superior, attested from 1653.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /su.p?.?i?o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /su.pe.?i?o?/
Adjective
superior (masculine and feminine plural superiors)
- superior, higher, high
- Antonym: inferior
Related terms
- superioritat
Noun
superior m or f (plural superiors)
- superior
References
Further reading
- “superior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “superior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “superior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
Comparative of superus (“that is above, upper, higher”), from super (“above, over”, preposition) +? -us (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /su?pe.ri.or/, [s???p??i?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /su?pe.ri.or/, [su?p???i?r]
Adjective
superior (neuter superius, positive superus); third declension
- (of place) Higher, upper.
- (of time or order of succession) Former, past, previous, preceding.
- (especially of age, time of life, etc.) Older, elder, senior, more advanced, former.
- (of strength or success in battle or any contest) Victorious, conquering, stronger, superior.
- (of quality, condition, number, etc.) Higher, more distinguished, greater, superior.
Inflection
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Descendants
References
- superior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- superior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin superior.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.p???jo?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.pe.?i.?o?/
- Hyphenation: su?pe?ri?or
Adjective
superior m or f (plural superiores, comparable)
- upper, higher
- better
- superior
Antonyms
- inferior
Derived terms
- superiormente
Related terms
- superioridade
Noun
superior m (plural superiores, feminine superiora, feminine plural superioras)
- boss
- head of a monastery
Further reading
- “superior” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French supérieur, Latin superior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su.pe.ri?or/
Adjective
superior m or n (feminine singular superioar?, masculine plural superiori, feminine and neuter plural superioare)
- superior
Declension
Antonyms
- inferior
Related terms
- superioritate
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin superior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /supe??jo?/, [su.pe??jo?]
Adjective
superior (plural superiores)
- upper, higher
- better
- superior
Derived terms
Noun
superior m (plural superiores, feminine superiora, feminine plural superioras)
- boss
- Synonyms: jefe, jefa, patrón, patrona
Related terms
- superioridad
Further reading
- “superior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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capital
English
Alternative forms
- capitall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English capital, borrowed from Latin capit?lis (“of the head”) (in sense “head of cattle”), from caput (“head”) (English cap). Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle.
Compare chattel and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?kæ.p?.t?l/
- Homophone: capitol
Noun
capital (countable and uncountable, plural capitals)
- (uncountable, economics) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
- (uncountable, business, finance, insurance) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
- (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
- 2010 September, Charlie Brennan, "Active Athletes", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 83:
- Hollywood is the film capital, New York the theater capital, Las Vegas the gambling capital.
- 2010 September, Charlie Brennan, "Active Athletes", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 83:
- (countable) An uppercase letter.
- (countable, architecture) The uppermost part of a column.
- (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
- (countable, by extension) The chief or most important thing.
Usage notes
The homophone capitol refers only to a building, usually one that houses the legislative branch of a government, and often one located in a capital city.
Synonyms
- (An uppercase letter): caps (in the plural), majuscule
Antonyms
- (An uppercase letter): minuscule
Translations
Adjective
capital (not comparable)
- Of prime importance.
- 1708, Francis Atterbury, Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions : Preface
- a capital article in religion
- 1708, Francis Atterbury, Fourteen Sermons Preach'd on Several Occasions : Preface
- Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
- (comparable, Britain, dated) Excellent.
- Involving punishment by death.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 517:
- Some 1,600 priests were deported, for example, while the total number of capital victims of the military commissions down to 1799 was only around 150.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 517:
- Uppercase.
- Antonym: lower-case
- used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness
- Of or relating to the head.
Translations
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “capital”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- capital at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- palatic, placita
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capit?lis.
Adjective
capital (epicene, plural capitales)
- capital
Noun
capital f (plural capitales)
- capital city (city designated as seat of government)
capital m (plural capitales)
- capital (money)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capit?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /k?.pi?tal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ka.pi?tal/
Adjective
capital (feminine capitala, masculine plural capitals, feminine plural capitales)
- capital
Derived terms
- pena capital
- set pecats capitals
Noun
capital f (plural capitals)
- capital (city)
Noun
capital m (plural capitals)
- capital (finance)
Derived terms
- capitalisme
- capitalista
- capitalitzar
Further reading
- “capital” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capit?lis. Doublet of cheptel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pi.tal/
Noun
capital m (plural capitaux)
- capital (money and wealth)
Adjective
capital (feminine singular capitale, masculine plural capitaux, feminine plural capitales)
- capital (important)
- La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980.
Derived terms
Related terms
- capitale
- capitaliser
- capitalisme
Further reading
- “capital” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- plaçait
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capit?lis. Doublet of cabedal and caudal.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /k?.pi.?ta?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.pi.?taw/, [k?.p?.?t?ä??]
Noun
capital f (plural capitais)
- (geopolitics) capital; capital city (place where the seat of a government is located)
- (figuratively) capital (the most important place associated with something)
Noun
capital m (plural capitais)
- (finances) capital (money that can be used to acquire goods and services)
- (figuratively) anything of prime importance
Derived terms
- capitalismo
- capitalista
Adjective
capital m or f (plural capitais, comparable)
- capital (of prime importance)
- (law) capital (involving punishment by death)
- (rare, anatomy) capital (relating to the head)
Related terms
- cabeça
- cabedal
- cabo
- caput
- caudal
- per capita
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French capital, Latin capit?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pi?tal/
Noun
capital n (plural capitaluri)
- (economics, business) capital
Declension
Adjective
capital m or n (feminine singular capital?, masculine plural capitali, feminine and neuter plural capitale)
- capital, important
Declension
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) chapital
- (Puter) chapitêl
Etymology
From Latin capit?lis, from caput (“head”).
Noun
capital m (plural capitals)
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) capital
Related terms
- capitala, tgapitala
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capit?lis. Doublet of caudal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapi?tal/, [ka.pi?t?al]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
capital (plural capitales)
- capital (important)
Derived terms
- pecado capital
Noun
capital m (plural capitales)
- capital (finance)
Derived terms
Noun
capital f (plural capitales)
- capital (city)
Further reading
- “capital” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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