different between ritual vs sober
ritual
English
Alternative forms
- rituall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin adjective r?tu?lis, from noun r?tuum (“rite”), + adjective suffix -?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.t?u.?l/
Adjective
ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)
- Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
Derived terms
- ritually
Translations
Noun
ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)
- rite; a repeated set of actions
Derived terms
- ritualisation, ritualization
- ritualise, ritualize
- ritualist
- ritualistic
- ritually
Translations
Anagrams
- litura
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ritualis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ri.tu?al/
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
ritual (masculine and feminine plural rituals)
- ritual
Noun
ritual m (plural rituals)
- ritual
Related terms
- ritu
Further reading
- “ritual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ritual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ritual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??itu?æ?l]
Noun
ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)
- ritual
- Synonym: ritus
Declension
References
- “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog
Ladin
Pronunciation
Adjective
ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)
- ritual
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin ritualis, from ritus
Noun
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)
- ritual
References
- “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin ritualis, from ritus
Noun
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)
- ritual
References
- “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?twa?/
Adjective
ritual m or f (plural rituais, comparable)
- ritual
Noun
ritual m (plural rituais)
- ritual
Romanian
Etymology
From French rituel or Italian rituale.
Noun
ritual n (plural rituali)
- ritual
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rit?a?l/
- Hyphenation: ri?tu?al
Noun
ritù?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- ritual
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri?twal/, [ri?t?wal]
Adjective
ritual (plural rituales)
- ritual
Noun
ritual m (plural rituales)
- rite
Derived terms
- ritualismo
- ritualista
Further reading
- “ritual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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sober
English
Etymology
From Old French sobre, from Latin s?brius, from se- (“without”) + ebrius (“intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg??- (“drink”). In the sense "not drunk," displaced native undrunken, from Old English undruncen.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?'b?(r), IPA(key): /?s??.b?(?)/
- Rhymes: -??b?(r)
- Homophone: soba (in non-rhotic accents)
Adjective
sober (comparative soberer, superlative soberest)
- Not drunk; not intoxicated.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sober
- Antonyms: drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunk
- Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.
- Synonym: abstemious
- (figuratively) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:moderate, Thesaurus:serious
- 1680, John Dryden, Ovid's Epistles
- No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230d.
- Which is the finest and soberest state possible.
- (of color) Dull; not bright or colorful.
- Synonyms: muted, subdued
- Subdued; solemn; grave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:serious
- 1717, Alexander Pope, Letter from Edward Blount, Esq.
- See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.
- (Scotland) Poor; feeble.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- teetotaller
Verb
sober (third-person singular simple present sobers, present participle sobering, simple past and past participle sobered)
- (often with up) To make or become sober.
- (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.
- To moderate one's feelings.
Translations
Anagrams
- Beros, Boers, Boser, Brose, Serbo-, bores, brose, robes
Danish
Etymology
From French sobre, from Latin sobrius.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?b?r
Adjective
sober
- sober (in character; moderate; realistic; serious)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sober, from Old French sobre, from Latin s?brius. Doublet of zuiver.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?b?r
Adjective
sober (comparative soberder, superlative soberst)
- simple, plain, austere
Inflection
Synonyms
- eenvoudig
Antonyms
- overdadig
Swedish
Etymology
From French sobre.
Adjective
sober (comparative sobrare, superlative sobrast)
- moderate
- stylish, discreetly tasteful
Inflection
References
- sober in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- sober in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- sober in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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