# conceptual
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/, /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃʊəl/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/
* (General Australian) IPA: /kənˈsep.t͡ʃʉ.əl/

### Adjective

conceptual (comparative more conceptual, superlative most conceptual)
* Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
* Existing only in the imagination.
    We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
* Of or relating to conceptualism.

#### Synonyms

* (of a concept): ideal, notional
* (imaginary): ideal, imaginary, notional

#### Derived terms

* aconceptual
* anticonceptual
* biconceptual
* conceptual analysis
* conceptual art
* conceptual definition
* conceptual engineering
* conceptual fallacy
* conceptual graph
* conceptual inverse
* conceptualism
* conceptualist
* conceptuality
* conceptualization
* conceptualize
* conceptually
* conceptual metaphor
* conceptual network
* conceptual physics
* conceptual schema
* metaconceptual
* multiconceptual
* neoconceptual
* nonconceptual
* periconceptual
* photoconceptual
* postconceptual
* preconceptual
* subconceptual
* uniconceptual

#### Related terms

* concept
* conceptualism

#### Descendants

* German: konzeptuell

#### Further reading

* “conceptual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “conceptual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kun.səp.tuˈal]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kon.səp.tuˈal]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kon.sep.tuˈal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuals)
* conceptual

#### Derived terms

* conceptualisme
* conceptualista
* conceptualitzar

#### Related terms

* concepte

### Further reading

* “conceptual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Adjective

conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais)
* conceptual

#### Derived terms

* conceptualmente

#### Related terms

* concepto

### Further reading

* “conceptual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Adjective

conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)
* Alternative form of concetual (“conceptual”)

#### Derived terms

* conceptualmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French conceptuel. By surface analysis, concept +‎ -ual.

### Adjective

conceptual m or n (feminine singular conceptuală, masculine plural conceptuali, feminine and neuter plural conceptuale)
* conceptual

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin conceptuālis, from conceptus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /konθebˈtwal/ [kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈt̪wal]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /konsebˈtwal/ [kõn.seβ̞ˈt̪wal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: con‧cep‧tual

### Adjective

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuales)
* conceptual

#### Derived terms

* conceptualismo
* conceptualista
* conceptualizar
* conceptualmente

#### Related terms

* concepto

### Further reading

* “conceptual”, 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