different between immaculate vs virginal

English

Etymology

From Middle English immaculat, from Latin immacul?tus; prefix im- (“not”) + macul?tus, perfect passive participle of macul? (“I spot, stain”), from macula (“spot”). See mail (armor).

Displaced native unwemmed (“pure, untainted”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mækj?l?t/

Adjective

immaculate (comparative more immaculate, superlative most immaculate)

1. Having no stain or blemish; spotless, undefiled, clear, clean, pure.
   • 1641, John Denham, The Sophy

     Were but my soul as pure From other guilt as that, Heaven did not hold One more immaculate
2. (zoology) Lacking spots, blotches, or other markings; spotless; unspotted.

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Latin

Participle

immacul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of immacul?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle French virginal, from Latin virgin?lis. The musical instrument is probably so called from being played by young girls.

Adjective

virginal (comparative more virginal, superlative most virginal)

1. Being or resembling a virgin.
2. Uncontaminated or pure.
3. (zoology) parthenogenetic

Translations

Noun

virginal (plural virginal or virginals)

1. (music) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

Translations

Anagrams

• rivaling

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?.?i.nal/

Adjective

virginal (feminine singular virginale, masculine plural virginaux, feminine plural virginales)

1. virginal

Noun

virginal m (plural virginaux)

1. virginal

Further reading

• “virginal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Adjective

virginal m or f (plural virginais, comparable)

1. virginal (relating to virgins)
2. virgin: immaculate; chaste; untouched

   Synonyms: virgem, casto, imaculado

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:virginal.

Related terms

• virgem
• virgindade

Noun

virginal m (plural virginais)

1. virginal (instrument)

Romanian

Etymology

From French virginal, from Latin virginalus.

Adjective

virginal m or n (feminine singular virginal?, masculine plural virginali, feminine and neuter plural virginale)

1. virginal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

virginal (plural virginales)

1. virginal