insubstancial

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin substantiālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.sups.tən.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.sups.tan.siˈal]

Adjective

insubstancial m or f (masculine and feminine plural insubstancials)

1. insubstantial

   Antonym: substancial

Related terms

• substància

Further reading

• “insubstancial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯], /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯], /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯], /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯], /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjal/ [ĩ.suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjal/ [ĩ.suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.li/ [ĩ.suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.li]

• Hyphenation: in‧subs‧tan‧ci‧al

Adjective

insubstancial m or f (plural insubstanciais)

1. insubstantial (not real or strong enough)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /insubstanˈθjal/ [ĩn.suβ̞s.t̪ãn̟ˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /insubstanˈsjal/ [ĩn.suβ̞s.t̪ãnˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧subs‧tan‧cial

Adjective

insubstancial m or f (masculine and feminine plural insubstanciales)

1. insubstantial

Further reading

• “insubstancial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28