Meanings
comparative more architectural · superlative most architectural
- Pertaining to architecture.
Wheelchair users are restricted entry into many structures and public facilities by architectural barriers.
1986 February 8, Warren Blumenfeld, “Gay & Lesbian Print Disabled: The Issue is Access”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 29, page 91 more example
The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC - Resembling architecture in style; seeming to have been designed (by an architect).
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
- Ancient Greekἀρχι- (arkhi-)
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tétḱō
- Proto-Hellenic*téktōn
- Ancient Greekτέκτων (téktōn)
- Ancient Greekἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)
- Latinarchitectus
- Latinarchitectūra
- Frencharchitecture
- Englisharchitecture
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englisharchitectural
From architecture + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans boukundig
- boukundigpertaining to architecture
Arabic مِعْمَارِيّ
- مِعْمَارِيّ (miʕmāriyy)pertaining to architecture
Brazilian Portuguese arquitetônico
- arquitetônicopertaining to architecture
Catalan arquitectònic
- arquitectònicpertaining to architecture
Czech architektonický
- architektonickýpertaining to architecture
Danish arkitektonisk
- arkitektoniskpertaining to architecture
Dutch architectonisch, architecturaal
- architectonischpertaining to architecture
- architecturaalpertaining to architecture
- bouwkundigpertaining to architecture
Esperanto arkitektura
- arkitekturapertaining to architecture
European Portuguese arquitetónico
- arquitetónicopertaining to architecture
Finnish arkkitehtoninen
- arkkitehtoninenpertaining to architecture
French architectural
- architecturalpertaining to architecture
German architektonisch, Architektur-
- architektonischpertaining to architecture
- Architektur-pertaining to architecture
Greek αρχιτεκτονικός
- αρχιτεκτονικός (architektonikós)pertaining to architecture
Hungarian építészeti
- építészetipertaining to architecture
Italian architetturale, architettonico
- architetturalepertaining to architecture
- architettonicopertaining to architecture
Norwegian Bokmål arkitektonisk
- arkitektoniskpertaining to architecture
Persian معماری
- معماری (me'mâri)pertaining to architecture
Polish architektoniczny, architektoński
- architektonicznypertaining to architecture
- architektońskipertaining to architecture
- architekturalnypertaining to architecture
Romanian arhitectonic, arhitectural
- arhitectonicpertaining to architecture
- arhitecturalpertaining to architecture
Russian архитекту́рный
- архитекту́рный (arxitektúrnyj)pertaining to architecture
Spanish arquitectónico, arquitectural
- arquitectónicopertaining to architecture
- arquitecturalpertaining to architecture
Swedish arkitektonisk
- arkitektoniskpertaining to architecture
Turkish mimari
- mimaripertaining to architecture
Ukrainian архітекту́рний
- архітекту́рний (arxitektúrnyj)pertaining to architecture
Vietnamese kiến trúc
- kiến trúcpertaining to architecture
Cite this entry
architectural. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architectural
“architectural.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architectural. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “architectural,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/architectural.
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