territorial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛ.ɹɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/

Adjective

territorial (comparative more territorial, superlative most territorial)

  1. Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
  2. Of or relating to geography or territory.
    • 1918, Woodrow Wilson, “Fourteen Points,” pages 6–7:
      Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
  3. (often capitalized) Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.
  4. (biology) Displaying territoriality.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

territorial (plural territorials)

  1. A non-professional member of a territorial army.
    • 2013, Ira A. Hunt Jr., Losing Vietnam: How America Abandoned Southeast Asia, University Press of Kentucky (ISBN 9780813142074), page 166
      The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territori +‎ -al.

Adjective

territorial (masculine and feminine plural territorials)

  1. territorial

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French territorial.

Adjective

territorial

  1. territorial

Inflection

Inflection of territorial
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular territorial — —2
Neuter singular territorialt — —2
Plural territoriale — —2
Definite attributive1 territoriale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territoire +‎ -al.

Adjective

territorial (feminine singular territoriale, masculine plural territoriaux, feminine plural territoriales)

  1. territorial

Noun

territorial m (plural territoriaux)

  1. territorial

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛʀitoˈʀi̯aːl]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧to‧ri‧al

Adjective

territorial (not comparable)

  1. territorial

Declension

Derived terms

  • Territorialgewalt
  • Territorialhoheit
  • Territorialprinzip
  • Territorialstaat

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to território +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.ʁi.tu.ˈɾjaɫ/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧to‧ri‧al

Adjective

territorial m, f (plural territoriais, not comparable)

  1. territorial

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territorio +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teritoˈɾjal/, [t̪erit̪oˈɾjal]
  • Hyphenation: ter‧ri‧to‧rial

Adjective

territorial (plural territoriales)

  1. territorial
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