trucial

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adjective

Of or pertaining to a truce; specifically, to the truce obtaining between Britain and various Arab sheikdoms of the Oman peninsula.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English truce →
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Meanings

trucial1

adjectivetrucial (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to a truce; specifically, to the truce obtaining between Britain and various Arab sheikdoms of the Oman peninsula.

    Without staking an explicitly colonial claim to Iraq, Sir Henry asserted […] in essence, the integration of Mesopotamia into Britain's trucial system in the Persian Gulf.

    2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 283

Trucial2

adjectiveTrucial (not comparable)
  1. historicalnot comparablePertaining to the Trucial States.
  2. historicalnot comparablePertaining to the Trucial Coast.

Origin

trucial · adjective

  1. Englishtruce
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishtrucial

From truce + -al.

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Trucial · adjective

From trucial, from truce+-ial.

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Translations

Spanish de tregua, tregual
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

curtailurtical
Cite this entry
APA

trucial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trucial

MLA

“trucial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trucial. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trucial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trucial.

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