epistolar

English

Adjective

epistolar (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of epistolary
   • 1669, Henry More, “A Preparation toward the Mysticall or Propheticall Interpretation of the Seven Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia”, in An Exposition of the Seven Epistles to the Seven Churches; […], London: […] James Flesher, →OCLC, paragraph 6, page 9:

     Wherefore the Objections were but ſmall, conſidering the Uſefulneſs of this Epiſtolar way, though there were no other ſenſe of theſe ſeven Epiſtles and the ſeven Churches but the myſticall.

Anagrams

• psarolite, loparites, saprolite, epilators, periostal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French épistolaire, from Latin epistolaris. By surface analysis, epistolă +‎ -ar.

Adjective

epistolar m or n (feminine singular epistolară, masculine plural epistolari, feminine and neuter plural epistolare)

1. epistolary

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	epistolar		epistolară		epistolari	epistolare
	definite	epistolarul		epistolara		epistolarii	epistolarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	epistolar		epistolare		epistolari	epistolare
	definite	epistolarului		epistolarei		epistolarilor	epistolarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epistolāris, from epistola (“letter”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “message, letter”).

Adjective

epistolar m or f (masculine and feminine plural epistolares)

1. epistolary

Derived terms

• epistolarmente
• novela epistolar (“epistolary novel”)

 

Related terms

• epístola

 

Further reading

• “epistolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28