architectural

English

Etymology

From architecture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/, /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛktjəɹəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

architectural (comparative more architectural, superlative most architectural)

1. Pertaining to architecture.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.

   • 1986 February 8, Warren Blumenfeld, “Gay & Lesbian Print Disabled: The Issue is Access”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 29, page 9:

     Wheelchair users are restricted entry into many structures and public facilities by architectural barriers.

2. Resembling architecture in style; seeming to have been designed (by an architect).

Derived terms

• angioarchitectural
• antiarchitectural
• architectural concrete
• architecturalism
• architecturalization
• architecturalize
• architecturally
• architectural panel
• architectural pattern
• architectural shingle
• chemoarchitectural
• cytoarchitectural
• histoarchitectural
• immunoarchitectural
• macroarchitectural
• microarchitectural
• myeloarchitectural
• neuroarchitectural
• nonarchitectural
• semiarchitectural
• subarchitectural
• unarchitectural

Translations

pertaining to architecture

• Afrikaans: boukundig
• Arabic: مِعْمَارِيّ (miʕmāriyy)
• Azerbaijani: memarlıq
• Catalan: arquitectònic
• Czech: architektonický (cs)
• Danish: arkitektonisk
• Dutch: architectonisch (nl), architecturaal (nl), bouwkundig (nl)
• Esperanto: arkitektura
• Finnish: arkkitehtoninen (fi)
• French: architectural (fr)
• Georgian: არქიტექტურული (arkiṭekṭuruli)
• German: architektonisch (de), Architektur-
• Greek: αρχιτεκτονικός (el) (architektonikós)
• Hungarian: építészeti (hu)
• Ido: arkitekturala (io)
• Italian: architetturale (it)
• Macedonian: архитекто́нски m (arhitektónski)
• Manx: ard-obbrinagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: arkitektonisk

  Nynorsk: arkitektonisk

• Persian: معماری (fa) (me'mâri)
• Polish: architektoniczny (pl), architektoński (pl) (archaic), architekturalny (dated)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: arquitetônico (pt)

  European: arquitetónico (pt)

• Romanian: arhitectonic (ro) m or n, arhitectural (ro) m or n
• Russian: архитекту́рный (ru) (arxitektúrnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: arhitekturni (sh)
• Spanish: arquitectónico (es), arquitectural (es)
• Swedish: arkitektonisk (sv)
• Turkish: mimari (tr)
• Ukrainian: архітекту́рний (uk) (arxitektúrnyj)
• Uzbek: meʼmoriy (uz)
• Vietnamese: kiến trúc (vi)
• Volapük: bumavik (vo)
• West Frisian: boukundich

French

Etymology

From architecture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.tɛk.ty.ʁal/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

architectural (feminine architecturale, masculine plural architecturaux, feminine plural architecturales)

1. architectural

Further reading

• “architectural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.