English Online Dictionary. What means provincial? What does provincial mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/
Adjective
provincial (comparative more provincial, superlative most provincial)
- Of or pertaining to a province.
- Constituting a province.
- Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.
- Not cosmopolitan; backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude
- Narrow; illiberal.
- Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.
- Limited in outlook; narrow.
Synonyms
- rural
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
provincial (plural provincials)
- A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
- (Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.
- (obsolete) A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province.
- A country bumpkin.
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōvinciālis. First attested in 1653.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾu.βin.siˈal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [pɾo.vin.siˈal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
provincial m or f (masculine and feminine plural provincials)
- provincial
Derived terms
- provincialisme
Related terms
- província
References
Further reading
- “provincial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “provincial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “provincial” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin provinciālis. By surface analysis, province + -ial. Compare provençal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.vɛ̃.sjal/
Adjective
provincial (feminine provinciale, masculine plural provinciaux, feminine plural provinciales)
- provincial
Derived terms
- provincialement
- provincialisme
Noun
provincial m (plural provinciaux, feminine provinciale)
- person from the provinces/regions
Further reading
- “provincial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin prōvinciālis. First attested in the 13th century.
Adjective
provincial m (feminine singular provinciala, masculine plural provincials, feminine plural provincialas)
- provincial
Derived terms
- provincialisme
Related terms
- província
References
Further reading
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 789.
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pruviŋˈt͡ʃal/
Adjective
provincial
- provincial
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin prōvinciālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
provincial m or f (plural provinciais)
- provincial
Derived terms
- provincialismo
Related terms
- província
- provinciano
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin provincialis. By surface analysis, provincie + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro.vin.t͡ʃiˈal/
Noun
provincial m (plural provinciali)
- provincial
Declension
Related terms
- provincialism
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prōvinciālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾobinˈθjal/ [pɾo.β̞ĩn̟ˈθjal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾobinˈsjal/ [pɾo.β̞ĩnˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pro‧vin‧cial
Adjective
provincial m or f (masculine and feminine plural provinciales)
- provincial
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “provincial”, 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