radicaal
Dutch
Etymology
From French radical, from Late Latin rādīcālis (“of or pertaining to the root, having roots, radical”), from Latin rādīx (“root”). The noun is substantivized from the adjective.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
- IPA(key): /rɑdiˈkaːl/, /raːdiˈkaːl/
- Hyphenation: ra‧di‧caal
Adjective
radicaal (comparative radicaler, superlative radicaalst)
- radical, fundamental, thorough-going
Declension
| Declension of radicaal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | radicaal | |||
| inflected | radicale | |||
| comparative | radicaler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | radicaal | radicaler | het radicaalst het radicaalste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | radicale | radicalere | radicaalste |
| n. sing. | radicaal | radicaler | radicaalste | |
| plural | radicale | radicalere | radicaalste | |
| definite | radicale | radicalere | radicaalste | |
| partitive | radicaals | radicalers | — | |
Derived terms
- radicaliseren
- radicalisme
Descendants
- → Indonesian: radikal
Noun
radicaal m (plural radicalen, diminutive radicaaltje n)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: radikal