conceptual

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/, /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃʊəl/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kənˈsep.t͡ʃʉ.əl/

conceptual (comparative more conceptual, superlative most conceptual)

1. Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

     The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.

2. Existing only in the imagination.

   We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

3. Of or relating to conceptualism.

• (of a concept): ideal, notional
• (imaginary): ideal, imaginary, notional

• concept
• conceptualism

• German: konzeptuell

• “conceptual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “conceptual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.səp.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.səp.tuˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.sep.tuˈal]
• Rhymes: -al

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuals)

1. conceptual

• conceptualisme
• conceptualista
• conceptualitzar

• concepte

• “conceptual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais)

1. conceptual

• conceptualmente

• concepto

• “conceptual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

conceptual m or f (plural conceptuais) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, European Portuguese spelling)

1. Alternative form of concetual (“conceptual”)

• conceptualmente

Borrowed from French conceptuel. By surface analysis, concept +‎ -ual.

conceptual m or n (feminine singular conceptuală, masculine plural conceptuali, feminine and neuter plural conceptuale)

1. conceptual

From Latin conceptuālis, from conceptus.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konθebˈtwal/ [kõn̟.θeβ̞ˈt̪wal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /konsebˈtwal/ [kõn.seβ̞ˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧cep‧tual

conceptual m or f (masculine and feminine plural conceptuales)

1. conceptual

• “conceptual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28