piramidaal
Dutch
Alternative forms
- pyramidaal (superseded)
Etymology
Borrowed from French pyramidal, from Latin pȳramidālis. The sense “huge” is probably a semantic loan from German pyramidal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpi.raː.miˈdaːl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧mi‧daal
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
piramidaal (comparative piramidaler, superlative piramidaalst)
- pyramidal, pyramid-shaped
- (uncommon, informal) enormous, huge
- Synonyms: enorm, gigantisch, reusachtig
Declension
| Declension of piramidaal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | piramidaal | |||
| inflected | piramidale | |||
| comparative | piramidaler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | piramidaal | piramidaler | het piramidaalst het piramidaalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | piramidale | piramidalere | piramidaalste |
| n. sing. | piramidaal | piramidaler | piramidaalste | |
| plural | piramidale | piramidalere | piramidaalste | |
| definite | piramidale | piramidalere | piramidaalste | |
| partitive | piramidaals | piramidalers | — | |