# ritual
## English
### Alternative forms

* rituall (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin adjective rītuālis, from noun rītus (“rite”), + adjective suffix -ālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/
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* Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

### Adjective

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)
* Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
    They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
** 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 855:These verses are the basis for the practice of wearing a prayer shawl (tallit) with a ritual fringe (tzitzit) on each of its four corners

#### Derived terms

* bi-ritual
* ritual abuse
* ritually
* ritual servitude
* ritual Ten Commandments

#### Translations
### Noun

ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)
* A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.
    The priests carried out the religious ritual carefully.
** 2017, Christine Honders, OCD: The Struggle with Obsessions and Compulsions, page 44:Despite their good intentions, family members who participate in OCD rituals help reinforce the problem.

#### Derived terms

* ritualisation, ritualization
* ritualise, ritualize
* ritualist
* ritualistic
* ritually

#### Translations

Albanian: ritual (sq) m
Arabic: شَعِيرَة f (šaʕīra), مَرَاسِم m (marāsim), طُقُوس m pl (ṭuqūs)
Armenian: ծես (hy) (ces), արարողություն (araroġutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: ayin (az), mərasim
Bashkir: йола (yola)
Belarusian: рытуа́л m (rytuál), абра́д m (abrád)
Bengali: আচার (bn) (acar)
Bulgarian: ритуа́л (bg) m (rituál), о́бред (bg) m (óbred)
Burmese: အခမ်းအနား (my) (a.hkam:a.na:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 儀式 / 仪式 (zh) (yíshì), 典禮 / 典礼 (zh) (diǎnlǐ)
Czech: rituál (cs) m, obřad (cs) m
Danish: ritual n
Dutch: ritueel (nl) n
Egyptian: (jrw)
Esperanto: ritaro, ritualo
Estonian: rituaal
Finnish: rituaali (fi)
French: rituel (fr) m
Galician: ritual (gl)
Georgian: რიტუალი (riṭuali)
German: Ritual (de) n
Greek: τελετουργικό (el) n (teletourgikó)
Ancient: τελετή f (teletḗ)
Hebrew: טֶקֶס (he) m (tékes)
Hindi: अनुष्ठान (hi) m (anuṣṭhān)
Hungarian: szertartás (hu), rítus (hu), rituálé (hu)
Indonesian: ritual (id)
Irish: deasghnáth m
Italian: rituale (it) m
Japanese: 儀式 (ja) (ぎしき, gishiki), 祭祀 (ja) (さいし, saishi)
Kashubian: ritual m, obrząd m
Kazakh: ырым (yrym), рәсім (kk) (räsım)
Khmer: ពិធី (km) (pithii), វិធី (km) (vithii)
Korean: 의식(儀式) (ko) (uisik), 의례(儀禮) (ko) (uirye), 제사(祭祀) (ko) (jesa)
Kyrgyz: ырым (ky) (ırım)
Lao: ພິທີ (phi thī), ພິທີກຳ (phi thī kam)
Latin: ritus m, caerimōnia (la) f
Latvian: rituāls (lv) m, rits (lv) m
Lithuanian: ritualas m
Macedonian: ритуа́л m (rituál), обред m (obred)
Maori: whakaritenga, ritenga, kawanga
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norman: rituel m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ritual n
Nynorsk: ritual n
Old English: ġewuna m
Persian: آیین (fa) (âyin), مراسم (fa) (marâsem)
Polish: rytuał (pl) m, obrządek (pl) m, obrzęd (pl) m
Portuguese: ritual (pt) m, rito (pt) m
Romanian: ritual (ro) n
Russian: ритуа́л (ru) m (rituál), обря́д (ru) m (obrjád)
Scots: reetual
Scottish Gaelic: deas-ghnàth m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀бред m, риту̀а̄л m
Roman: òbred (sh) m, ritùāl (sh) m
Sherpa: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: rituál m, obrad m
Slovene: ritual m, obred (sl) m
Spanish: ritual (es) m
Swedish: ritual (sv) c
Tagalog: sulinaw
Tajik: маросим (marosim), расм (tg) (rasm), оин (tg) (oyin)
Thai: พิธี (th) (pí-tii), พิธีกรรม (th) (pí-tii-gam)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: ayin (tr), ritüel (tr), merasim (tr)
Ukrainian: ритуа́л m (rytuál), обря́д m (obrjád)
Uzbek: marosim (uz)
Vietnamese: lễ nghi (vi), nghi lễ (vi), nghi thức (vi)
Welsh: defod (cy) :

### Anagrams

* litura

## Albanian
### Noun

ritual m
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ritual”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* Newmark, L. (1999) “ritual”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rituālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ri.tuˈal]
* Rhymes: -al

### Adjective

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituals)
* ritual

### Noun

ritual m (plural rituals)
* ritual

#### Related terms

* ritu

### Further reading

* “ritual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “ritual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “ritual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˌʁituˈæˀl]

### Noun

ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)
* ritual
    Synonym: ritus

#### Declension
### References

* “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Ladin
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Adjective

ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)
* ritual

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

### Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)
* ritual

### References

* “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

### Noun

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural ritual, definite plural rituala)
* ritual

### References

* “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [hi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [hiˈtwaʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [hi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [hiˈtwaʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [χi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [χiˈtwaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁiˈtwal/ [ʁiˈtwaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁiˈtwal/ [ʁiˈtwaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁiˈtwa.li/
* Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

### Adjective

ritual m or f (plural rituais)
* ritual

### Noun

ritual m (plural rituais)
* ritual

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rituel or Italian rituale.

### Noun

ritual n (plural rituali)
* ritual

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ritǔaːl/
* Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al

### Noun

ritùāl m (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)
* ritual

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

From Latin rituālis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /riˈtwal/ [riˈt̪wal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: ri‧tual

### Adjective

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituales)
* ritual

#### Derived terms

* ritualidad
* ritualismo
* ritualista
* ritualmente

### Noun

ritual m (plural rituales)
* rite
* ritual

#### Related terms

* rito

### Further reading

* “ritual”, 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

## Swedish
### Noun

ritual c or n
* ritual (set of ceremonial actions, or set of actions more generally, like in English)
    den dagliga ritualenthe daily ritual

#### Usage notes

Neuter gender is uncommon.

#### Derived terms

* ritualenlig
* ritualhandling
* ritualisera
* ritualisering
* ritualism
* ritualist
* ritualistisk
* ritualmord
* ritualmässig
* ritualslakt

#### Related terms

* rit
* rituell

### References

* ritual in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ritual in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ritual in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)