"confessional" meaning in English

See confessional in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kənˈfɛʃənəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confessional.wav Forms: more confessional [comparative], most confessional [superlative]
Etymology: From confession + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|confession|al}} confession + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} confessional (comparative more confessional, superlative most confessional)
  1. In the manner or style of a confession.
    Sense id: en-confessional-en-adj-KMjKoZ1X
  2. Officially practicing a particular shared religion, as a state or organization; see confessionalism 1.
    Sense id: en-confessional-en-adj-v~VFAJba Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: interconfessional

Noun

IPA: /kənˈfɛʃənəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confessional.wav Forms: confessionals [plural]
Etymology: From French confessionnal. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|confessionnal|}} French confessionnal Head templates: {{en-noun}} confessional (plural confessionals)
  1. (Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism, Rooms Synonyms: confession booth Translations (small room where confession is performed): rrëfyestore (Albanian), спавяда́льня (spavjadálʹnja) [feminine] (Belarusian), изповеда́лня (izpovedálnja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), confessionari [masculine] (Catalan), 告解室 (gàojiěshì) (Chinese Mandarin), zpovědnice [feminine] (Czech), skriftestol (Danish), biechtstoel (Dutch), konfesejo (Esperanto), rippituoli (Finnish), confessionnal [masculine] (French), Beichtstuhl [masculine] (German), εξομολογητήριο (exomologitírio) [neuter] (Greek), skriftarstóll [masculine] (Icelandic), bosca éistigh [masculine] (Irish), bosca faoistine [masculine] (Irish), confessionale [masculine] (Italian), 告解場 (kokkaijō) (alt: こっかいじょう) (Japanese), 고해실 (gohaesil) (Korean), исповедалница (ispovedalnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), maqrar [masculine] (Maltese), kishtey feyshtyney [masculine] (Manx), confêssionna [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), skriftestol [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), konfesjonał [masculine] (Polish), confessionário [masculine] (Portuguese), исповеда́льня (ispovedálʹnja) [feminine] (Russian), исповедаоница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ispovedaonica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), spovednica [feminine] (Slovak), spovednica [feminine] (Slovene), confesionario [masculine] (Spanish), bikt [common-gender] (Swedish), biktstol [common-gender] (Swedish), kumpisalan (Tagalog), сповіда́льня (spovidálʹnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bajchtštül [masculine] (Vilamovian), kifessionå [masculine] (Walloon)
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  2. A confession.
    Sense id: en-confessional-en-noun-mNEPlD5r
  3. (reality television) A filmed interview in which a cast member speaks directly into the camera commenting on the events of the episode.
    Sense id: en-confessional-en-noun-44E8bXCH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skriftestol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "konfesjonał"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "confessionário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispovedálʹnja",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "исповеда́льня"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "исповедаоница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ispovedaonica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spovednica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spovednica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "confesionario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "biktstol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "word": "kumpisalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spovidálʹnja",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сповіда́льня"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bajchtštül"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "small room where confession is performed",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kifessionå"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "confessional"
  ],
  "word": "confessional"
}

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