preliminar

See also: preliminär

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.li.miˈnar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.li.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.li.miˈnaɾ]

Adjective

preliminar m or f (masculine and feminine plural preliminars)

1. preliminary (in preparation for something more important)

Derived terms

• preliminarment

Noun

preliminar m (plural preliminars)

1. (law, chiefly in the plural) preliminary agreement; preliminary procedure

Further reading

• “preliminar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “preliminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “preliminar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “preliminar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Adjective

preliminar m or f (plural preliminares)

1. preliminary (in preparation for something more important)

Further reading

• “preliminar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

preliminar m (feminine singular preliminara, masculine plural preliminars, feminine plural preliminaras)

1. preliminary (in preparation for something more important)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.li.miˈnaʁ/ [pɾe.li.miˈnah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.li.miˈnaʁ/ [pɾe.li.miˈnah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾe.li.miˈnaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾe.li.miˈnaʁ/ [pɾe.li.miˈnaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.li.miˈnaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.li.miˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.li.miˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.li.miˈna.ɾi/

Adjective

preliminar m or f (plural preliminares)

1. preliminary (in preparation for something more important)

Further reading

• “preliminar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French préliminaire.

Noun

preliminar n (plural preliminarii)

1. preliminary

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	preliminar	preliminarul		preliminare	preliminarele
genitive-dative	preliminar	preliminarului		preliminare	preliminarelor
vocative	preliminarule			preliminarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾelimiˈnaɾ/ [pɾe.li.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧li‧mi‧nar

Adjective

preliminar m or f (masculine and feminine plural preliminares)

1. preliminary, introductory

Derived terms

• preliminarmente

 

Further reading

• “preliminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10