# feudal
## English
### Etymology

From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). By surface analysis, feud (“estate”) +‎ -al. More at fee.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfjuːdl̩/, [ˈfjuː.dɫ̩]
* (General American) IPA: /ˈfjudəl/, [ˈfju.ɾɫ̩]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: futile (some US accents)
* Rhymes: -uːdəl
* Hyphenation: feud‧al

### Adjective

feudal (not comparable)
* Of, or relating to feudalism.
** 1987, Deleuze & Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456:And the birth of nations implies many artifices: Not only are they constituted in an active struggle against the imperial or evolved systems, the feudal systems, and the autonomous cities, but they crush their own "minorities," in other words, minoritarian phenomena that could be termed "nationalitarian," which work from within and if need be turn to the old codes to find a greater degree of freedom.

#### Derived terms

* antifeudal
* feudalist
* feudalistic
* feudalization
* feudalize
* feudal law
* feudal lord
* feudally
* feudal rush
* feudal system
* neofeudal
* nonfeudal
* postfeudal
* prefeudal
* quasifeudal
* semifeudal
* ultrafeudal
* unfeudal

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fəwˈðal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fewˈðal]

### Adjective

feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudals)
* feudal

## Danish
### Adjective

feudal
* feudal

#### Related terms

* feudalisme

### Further reading

* “feudal” in Den Danske Ordbog
* “feudal” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔɪ̯ˈdaːl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

feudal (strong nominative masculine singular feudaler, comparative feudaler, superlative am feudalsten)
* feudal

#### Derived terms

* Feudalismus, Feudalsystem

### Further reading

* “feudal” in Duden online
* “feudal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From feudo (“feud”) +‎ -al (“of or relating to”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fewˈdaw/ [feʊ̯ˈdaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fewˈdal/ [fewˈðaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /fewˈdal/ [fewˈðaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fewˈda.li/ [fewˈða.li]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: feu‧dal

### Adjective

feudal m or f (plural feudais, not comparable)
* feudal
* (euphemistic) violent

#### Derived terms

* feudalismo
* feudalmente

### Further reading

* “feudal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian feudale or French féodal. By surface analysis, feudă +‎ -al.

### Adjective

feudal m or n (feminine singular feudală, masculine plural feudali, feminine and neuter plural feudale)
* feudal

#### Related terms

* feudaliza

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feuˈdal/ [feu̯ˈð̞al]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: feu‧dal

### Adjective

feudal m or f (masculine and feminine plural feudales)
* feudal

#### Derived terms

* feudalidad
* feudalismo
* feudalmente
* señor feudal

#### Related terms

* feudo

### Further reading

* “feudal”, 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