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literal
English
Alternative forms
- litteral (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French literal, from Late Latin litteralis, also literalis (“of or pertaining to letters or to writing”), from Latin littera, litera (“a letter”); see letter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?t(?)??l/
- Homophone: littoral
Adjective
literal (comparative more literal, superlative most literal)
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without additional interpretation; according to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- a middle course between the rigour of literal translations and the liberty of paraphrasts
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Following the letter or exact words; not free; not taking liberties.
- (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters.
- (of a person) Giving a strict or literal construction; unimaginative; matter-of-fact.
- (proscribed) Used non-literally as an intensifier; see literally for usage notes.
Antonyms
- (exactly as stated): figurative, metaphorical
Derived terms
Related terms
- letter
- literacy
- literary
- literate
- literature
Translations
Noun
literal (plural literals)
- (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
- Synonym: typo
- (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- Synonym: literal constant
- (logic) A propositional variable or the negation of a propositional variable. Wp
Translations
See also
- constant
- prime formula
References
Further reading
- literal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- literal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- tallier
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin litter?lis.
Adjective
literal (masculine and feminine plural literals)
- literal
Derived terms
- literalment
Related terms
- lletra
Further reading
- “literal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin litter?lis.
Adjective
literal m or f (plural literais)
- literal
Derived terms
- literalmente
Related terms
- letra
Further reading
- “literal” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?t???a?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
literal (comparative literaler, superlative am literalsten)
- (of cultures, etc., not of individuals) literate
Declension
See also
- schreibkundig
Indonesian
Etymology
From English literal, from Old French literal, from Late Latin litteralis, also literalis (“of or pertaining to letters or to writing”), from Latin littera, litera (“a letter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [lit??ral]
- Hyphenation: li?tê?ral
Adjective
literal
- literal.
- Synonym: harfiah
Further reading
- “literal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin litter?lis.
Adjective
literal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular literale)
- literal (exactly as stated)
- literal (relating to or composed of letters)
Descendants
- English: literal
- French: littéral
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin litter?lis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
literal m or f (plural literais, comparable)
- literal (understood exactly as written, without additional interpretation)
Derived terms
- literalmente
Noun
literal m (plural literais)
- (programming) literal (value written in the source code)
Related terms
- letra
- letrado
- literatura
Further reading
- “literal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
Romanian
Etymology
From French littéral, from Latin litteralis.
Adjective
literal m or n (feminine singular literal?, masculine plural literali, feminine and neuter plural literale)
- literal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin litter?lis.
Adjective
literal (plural literales)
- literal
Derived terms
- literalmente
Related terms
- letra
Further reading
- “literal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
literal From the web:
- what literally means
- what literally fueled the industrial revolution
- what literal language
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- what literally is the white man’s burden
- what literally is the valley of the ashes
- what literally happened in the bee movie
- what literally happened
factual
English
Etymology
fact +? -al, modified by analogy with actual.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?fæk(t)?u?l/, /?fæk(t)??l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fak(t)???l/, /?fak(t)??l/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?f?k(t)???l/, /?f?k(t)??l/
Adjective
factual (comparative more factual, superlative most factual)
- Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.
- 2012, D.C. Kline, Dominion and Wealth: A Critical Analysis of Karl Marx’ Theory of Commercial Law, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 34:
- If, as Marx claimed, these factual views were held by the ideologists of the nineteenth century and if these factual claims could be proven false, then Marx could claim to have refuted certain tenets of capitalist political philosophy on a purely […]
- 2014, Derek Matravers, Fiction and Narrative, OUP Oxford (?ISBN):
- Thus, the approach has more flexibility than Lamarque and Olsen's approach; in particular, it is open to the possibility that false factual claims do affect our understanding of, and our evaluation of, fictional narratives.
- 2012, D.C. Kline, Dominion and Wealth: A Critical Analysis of Karl Marx’ Theory of Commercial Law, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 34:
- True, accurate, corresponding to reality.
- 2007, Robin Parrish, Fearless, Bethany House Pub (?ISBN)
- He knew Guardian's real name. Did he dare play that card? "Yes ma'am, that's factual information. All of it."
- 2007, Robin Parrish, Fearless, Bethany House Pub (?ISBN)
Derived terms
Related terms
- fact
- counterfactual
- de facto
Translations
Further reading
- factual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- factual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- caul fat
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- fatual
Adjective
factual m or f (plural factuais, comparable)
- factual (consisting of facts)
Spanish
Adjective
factual (plural factuales)
- factual
- Synonym: fáctico
factual From the web:
- what factual mean
- what factual text
- what factual recount
- what does factual mean
- what is a factual example
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