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English
Etymology
From option + -alCategory:English terms suffixed with -al#OPTIONAL.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒp.ʃə.nəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#OPTIONALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OPTIONAL
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑp.ʃə.nəl/Category:English 3-syllable words#OPTIONALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OPTIONAL
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#OPTIONALAudio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
optional (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#OPTIONALCategory:English adjectives#OPTIONALCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#OPTIONALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with entries#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#OPTIONAL
- Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
- Synonyms: facultative; see also Thesaurus:optional
- Antonyms: compulsory, mandatory, necessary, obligatory; see also Thesaurus:compulsory
- On that beach clothing is entirely optional.Category:English terms with usage examples#OPTIONAL
- 2004, Paula Begoun, The Complete Beauty Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Smart Beauty, Rodale Inc., →ISBN, page 419:
- Do you need to wear eyeliner? As with any makeup step, eyeliner is completely optional. From an artistic perspective, if you are wearing eyeshadow, I almost always recommend wearing eyeliner, unless your eyelids and eyelashes are obscured by the eyebrow area. Eyeliner is a basic part of an eye-makeup design because it shapes and defines the eyes and makes the eyelashes look thicker.Category:English terms with quotations#OPTIONAL
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Translations
Noun
optional (plural optionals)Category:English lemmas#OPTIONALCategory:English nouns#OPTIONALCategory:English countable nouns#OPTIONALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with entries#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#OPTIONAL
- Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
- (programmingCategory:en:Programming#OPTIONAL, sometimes capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.
- 2015, Richard M Reese, Learning Java Functional Programming, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 147:
- In functional languages, there is a data type called the option type, also called the maybe type. Its purpose is to encapsulate a value, which is returned from a function. […] In Java 8, the Optional class has been added to serve as an option type.Category:English terms with quotations#OPTIONAL
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔptsɪ̯oˈnaːl/Category:German 3-syllable words#OPTIONALCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#OPTIONAL
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#OPTIONALAudio (Austria): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#OPTIONALAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: op‧ti‧o‧nal
Adjective
optional (strong nominative masculine singular optionaler, not comparable)Category:German lemmas#OPTIONALCategory:German adjectives#OPTIONALCategory:German uncomparable adjectives#OPTIONALCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with entries#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#OPTIONAL
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Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#OPTIONALCategory:Italian terms derived from English#OPTIONAL optional.
Pronunciation
Noun
optional m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#OPTIONALCategory:Italian nouns#OPTIONALCategory:Italian countable nouns#OPTIONALCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#OPTIONALCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#OPTIONALCategory:Italian masculine nouns#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with entries#OPTIONALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#OPTIONAL
References
- ↑ optional in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)