nadal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nadal"

Catalan

Alternative forms

• Nadal

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nadal, from Latin nātālis. Doublet of natal, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [nəˈðal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [naˈðal]

Proper noun

nadal m

1. Christmas

Noun

nadal m (plural nadals)

1. an occasion of Christmas

   Bon Nadal! ― Merry Christmas!

Derived terms

• nadala
• nadalenc

References

• “nadal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “nadal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “nadal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “nadal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnadal]

Participle

nadal

1. masculine singular past active participle of nadat

Extremaduran

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₂ti

Proto-Italic *(s)nāō

Latin nō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin natāre

Extremaduran nadal

Inherited from Latin natāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdal/

Verb

nadal

1. to swim

Galician

Alternative forms

• natal (southern Galicia)

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese nadal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdal/ [naˈð̞ɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: na‧dal

Noun

nadal m

1. Christmas Day; Christmas

   Synonym: Nadal

2. December

   Synonym: decembro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nadal”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nadal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nadal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin natalis.

Proper noun

nadal m (nominative singular nadals)

1. Christmas (date commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ)

Descendants

• Catalan: nadal
• Occitan: nadal

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “natalis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 7: N–Pas, page 37

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō

Proto-Slavic *na

Old Polish na

Proto-Slavic *dalь

Old Polish dal

univ.

Old Polish nadal

Univerbation of na + dal. First attested in 1425.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /nadaːlʲ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /nadɒlʲ/

Adverb

nadal

1. (attested in Masovia) farther in space
   • 1920 [1425], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume II, number 1335, Zakroczym:

     Tego na czø zaluyø, eszesz my drzewa mego gwaltem wzøl pol zachczika we dwnaczcze... et ego... wszczøgnølem czø ku praw..., a thy wszdi ne stoyø praw ani zapowedzy *dbayo, puszczil yesz drzewo nadal, ale ya vestigans te in Zacrocim wszczøgnølem czø y prziposzwal ku praw

     [Tego na cię żałuję, eżeś mi drzewa mego gwałtem wziął poł zachcyka we dwunaćcie... et ego... wściągnąłem cię ku prawu..., a ty wżdy nie stoję praw ani zapowiedzi dbaję, puścił jeś drzewo nadal, ale ja vestigans te in Zakroczym wściągnąłem cię i przypozwał ku prawu]

Descendants

• Polish: nadal

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “nadal”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017), “nadal”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “nadal”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “nadal”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō

Proto-Slavic *na

Old Polish na

Proto-Slavic *dalь

Old Polish dal

univ.

Old Polish nadal

Polish nadal

Inherited from Old Polish nadal. By surface analysis, univerbation of na + dal.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.dal/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈna.dɒl/

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• Rhymes: -adal
• Syllabification: na‧dal

Adverb

nadal (not comparable)

1. still (now just like earlier)

   Synonyms: jeszcze, dalej, wciąż

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), nadal is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 8 times in scientific texts, 34 times in news, 18 times in essays, 13 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 77 times, making it the 838th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• “nadal”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “nadal”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “dala”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “NADAL”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 23.08.2021
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “nadal”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “nadal”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “nadal”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 30

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós

Proto-Italic *gnātos

Latin gnātus

Latin nātus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī]

Spanish nadal

Inherited from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Doublet of natal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈdal/ [naˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: na‧dal

Noun

nadal m (plural nadales)

1. (obsolete) Christmas day, Nativity day

Related terms

• Navidad

Further reading

• “nadal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025