"gentilicial" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more gentilicial [comparative], most gentilicial [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin gentīlicius + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gentīlicius|al|lang1=la}} Latin gentīlicius + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} gentilicial (comparative more gentilicial, superlative most gentilicial)
  1. Indicative of the family or lineage. Synonyms: gentilicious, gentilitian, gentilitious
    Sense id: en-gentilicial-en-adj-NFR0Ev9M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gentilician, gentilitial

Noun [English]

Forms: gentilicials [plural]
Etymology: From Latin gentīlicius + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gentīlicius|al|lang1=la}} Latin gentīlicius + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} gentilicial (plural gentilicials)
  1. A name or symbol that identifies a family or lineage.
    Sense id: en-gentilicial-en-noun-EZNMi8GM Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gentilician, gentilitial

Inflected forms

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