Nadal

From Romance (French Nadal (“Occitan Nadal”), Spanish Nadal (“Catalan Nadal, Occitan Nadal”), Italian Nadal (“Venetan Nadal”)). From Latin natalis (“birth, birthday”).

Nadal (plural Nadals)

1. A surname from the Romance languages.

• Aland, Landa, N.D. Ala., Ndala, aland

Inherited from Old Catalan nadal, from Latin nātālem [diēm Dominī] (“birth[day of the Lord]”). Doublet of natal, a learnèd borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈðal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [naˈðal]

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Nadal m

1. Christmas

• Natàlia

• “Nadal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “Nadal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “Nadal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “Nadal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• Natal (southern Galicia)

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Natal, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Compare Portuguese Natal.

• IPA^(key): /naˈðal/

Nadal m

1. Christmas Day
2. Christmas

• nadal (“December”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Nadal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “Nadal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “Nadal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nadal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Nadal m

1. Christmas

From Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”). Compare Italian Natale.

Nadal m

1. Christmas