libidinal

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈbɪ.də.nəl/

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Adjective

libidinal

1. Relating or pertaining to the libido.
   • 2008, Philip Roth, Indignation:

     On a weekend night at Winesburg, blue balls constituted the norm, striking down dozens between, say, ten and midnight, while ejaculation, that most pleasant and natural of remedies, was the ever-elusive, unprecedented event in the erotic career of a student libidinally at his lifetime's peak of performance.

Translations

pertaining to the libido

• Catalan: libidinal
• French: libidinal (fr) m, libidinale (fr) f
• German: triebhaft
• Italian: libidico, libidinico
• Spanish: libidinal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bi.di.nal/
• Homophones: libidinale, libidinales

Adjective

libidinal (feminine libidinale, masculine plural libidinaux, feminine plural libidinales)

1. libidinal

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /libidiˈnal/ [li.β̞i.ð̞iˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: li‧bi‧di‧nal

Adjective

libidinal m or f (masculine and feminine plural libidinales)

1. libidinal