modal

English

Etymology 1

From Middle FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from Middle French#MODALCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#MODAL modal, from Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#MODAL modālis (“pertaining to a mode”), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#MODAL modus (“mode”). Compare to French, Spanish, and Portuguese modal and Italian modale. By surface analysis, mod(e) +‎ -alCategory:English terms suffixed with -al#MODAL.

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Adjective

modal (comparative more modal, superlative most modal)Category:English lemmas#MODALCategory:English adjectives#MODALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

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  1. Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
  2. (grammarCategory:en:Grammar#MODAL) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
  3. (musicCategory:en:Music#MODAL) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
    1. (of musicCategory:en:Music#MODAL, by extension) In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
  4. (logicCategory:en:Logic#MODAL) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
  5. (statisticsCategory:en:Statistics#MODAL) Relating to the statistical mode.
  6. (computingCategory:en:Computing#MODAL) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
    Antonym: modeless
  7. (graphical user interfaceCategory:en:Graphical user interface#MODAL) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
    • a. 2011, “Dialog Windows”, in Qt Widgets Documentation‎, archived from the original on 7 February 2020:
      Dialogs can be modal, in which case the user is required to provide necessary information before work in the main window can continue, or modeless. Modeless dialogs do not prevent the user from interacting with any of the other windows in the application.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MODAL
    a modal dialog; a modal window
    Antonym: modeless
  8. (metaphysicsCategory:en:Metaphysics#MODAL) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
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Noun

modal (plural modals)Category:English lemmas#MODALCategory:English nouns#MODALCategory:English countable nouns#MODALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. (logicCategory:en:Logic#MODAL) A modal proposition.
  2. (linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#MODAL) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
  3. (grammarCategory:en:Grammar#MODAL) A modal verb.
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar: A First Course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 61:
      Using the same type of distributional criterion, we could argue that only a Verb (in its base form) can occur in the position marked — in (23) below to complete the sentence:
      (23)     They/it can —
      [...]
      Conversely, the only type of word which could be used to begin a three-word sentence such as (25) below:
      (25)     — I be frank?
      is a Modal: cf. [...]
      Category:English terms with quotations#MODAL
  4. (graphical user interfaceCategory:en:Graphical user interface#MODAL) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
    • 1996, OOPSLA '96: Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages, and Applications, volume 31, numbers 10-12:
      Modal screen elements are subtrees which, when activated, disable all elements external to them. Examples of modals are yes-no message boxes and the application itself.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MODAL
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Etymology 2

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A genericized trademark of Lenzing AG.

Noun

modal (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#MODALCategory:English nouns#MODALCategory:English uncountable nouns#MODALCategory:English uncountable nouns#MODALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. (fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.

Anagrams

Category:English genericized trademarks#MODAL Category:en:Fabrics#MODAL

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from Latin#MODALCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#MODAL modālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

modal m or f (masculine and feminine plural modals)Category:Catalan lemmas#MODALCategory:Catalan adjectives#MODALCategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#MODALCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. modal

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval LatinCategory:French terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#MODALCategory:French learned borrowings from Medieval Latin#MODALCategory:French terms derived from Medieval Latin#MODAL modālis, from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#MODAL modus (“mode”).

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Adjective

modal (feminine modale, masculine plural modaux, feminine plural modales)Category:French lemmas#MODALCategory:French adjectives#MODALCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. (grammarCategory:fr:Grammar#MODAL) modal
    un auxiliaire modal ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)Category:Requests for translations of French usage examples#MODALCategory:French terms with collocations#MODAL
    un adverbe modal ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)Category:Requests for translations of French usage examples#MODALCategory:French terms with collocations#MODAL

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Noun

modal m (plural modaux)Category:French lemmas#MODALCategory:French nouns#MODALCategory:French countable nouns#MODALCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:French masculine nouns#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. a modal verb
  2. (fabric) modal textile
    cf modal (textile)

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Category:fr:Fabrics#MODAL

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

modal (strong nominative masculine singular modaler, not comparable)Category:German lemmas#MODALCategory:German adjectives#MODALCategory:German uncomparable adjectives#MODALCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. modal

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Indonesian

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Etymology

From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#MODAL modal, from TamilCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Tamil#MODAL முதல் (mutal, “principal, fund, capital, money yielding interest”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

modal (plural modal-modal)Category:Indonesian lemmas#MODALCategory:Indonesian nouns#MODALCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. capital (the means to acquire goods and services)
  2. (figuratively) capital (goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels and office buildings)

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  1. ↑ Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary, Ohio University Press, 2010, page 639

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Portuguese

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Adjective

modal m or f (plural modais, not comparable)Category:Portuguese lemmas#MODALCategory:Portuguese adjectives#MODALCategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#MODALCategory:Portuguese uncomparable adjectives#MODALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. modal (all senses)

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Noun

modal m (plural modais)Category:Portuguese lemmas#MODALCategory:Portuguese nouns#MODALCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#MODALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. method of transportation

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#MODALCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#MODAL modal.

Adjective

modal m or n (feminine singular modală, masculine plural modali, feminine/neuter plural modale)Category:Romanian lemmas#MODALCategory:Romanian adjectives#MODALCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. modal

Declension

Declension of modal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite modal modală modali modale
definite modalul modala modalii modalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite modal modale modali modale
definite modalului modalei modalilor modalelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

Adjective

modal m or f (masculine and feminine plural modales)Category:Spanish lemmas#MODALCategory:Spanish adjectives#MODALCategory:Spanish epicene adjectives#MODALCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. modal

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Swedish

Adjective

modal (not comparable)Category:Swedish lemmas#MODALCategory:Swedish adjectives#MODALCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#MODALCategory:Pages with entries#MODALCategory:Pages with 9 entries#MODAL

  1. (grammarCategory:sv:Grammar#MODAL) modal

Declension

Inflection of modal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular modal — —
neuter singular modalt — —
plural modala — —
masculine plural2 modale — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 modale — —
all modala — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Category:Swedish uncomparable adjectives

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