Meanings
- not comparableOf, or relating to feudalism.
1 more example
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.
1987, Deleuze & Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or characteristic of feudalism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*fehu“cattle”
- Frankish*fehu“cattle, owndom, property, fee”
- Medieval Latinfeodalis
- Old Frenchfeodal
- Englishfeudal
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.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِقْطَاعِيّ
- إِقْطَاعِيّ (ʔiqṭāʕiyy)of, or relating to feudalism
Bulgarian феодален
- феодален (feodalen)of, or relating to feudalism
Chinese Mandarin 封建的
- 封建的of, or relating to feudalism
Czech feudální
- feudálníof, or relating to feudalism
Danish feudal, lens-
- feudalof, or relating to feudalism
- lens-of, or relating to feudalism
Esperanto feŭda
- feŭdaof, or relating to feudalism
Finnish feodaalinen, feodaali-
- feodaalinenof, or relating to feudalism
- feodaali-of, or relating to feudalism
- läänitys-of, or relating to feudalism
French féodal
- féodalof, or relating to feudalism
German feudal
- feudalof, or relating to feudalism
Greek φεουδαρχικός
- φεουδαρχικός (feoudarchikós)of, or relating to feudalism
Indonesian feodal
- feodalof, or relating to feudalism
Malay feudal
- feudalof, or relating to feudalism
Norwegian Bokmål føydal
- føydalof, or relating to feudalism
Polish feudalny
- feudalnyof, or relating to feudalism
Portuguese feudal
- feudalof, or relating to feudalism
Russian феода́льный
- феода́льный (feodálʹnyj)of, or relating to feudalism
Spanish feudal
- feudalof, or relating to feudalism
Swedish feodal
- feodalof, or relating to feudalism
Tagalog malaalipin
- malaalipinof, or relating to feudalism
Ukrainian феодальний, февдальний
- феодальний (feodalʹnyj)of, or relating to feudalism
- февдальний (fevdalʹnyj)of, or relating to feudalism
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with feudal
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Cite this entry
feudal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feudal
“feudal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feudal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feudal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feudal.
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