"medicinal" meaning in English

See medicinal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /məˈdɪsənəl/, /məˈdɪsnəl/, /mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|medicīnālis}} Latin medicīnālis, {{suf|en|medicine|al}} medicine + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} medicinal (not comparable)
  1. Having the properties of medicine, or pertaining to medicine; medical. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having the properties of or pertaining to medicine): medicinaal (Dutch), lääkemäinen (Finnish), lääke- (Finnish), medicinal (Galician), дәрілік (därılık) (Kazakh), медицинский (medicinskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-medicinal-en-adj-yRZRHDZH Disambiguation of 'having the properties of or pertaining to medicine': 79 8 13
  2. Tending or used to cure disease or relieve pain. Tags: not-comparable Translations (tending to cure disease): عِلَاجِيّ (ʕilājiyy) (Arabic), целебен (celeben) (Bulgarian), medicinal (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (yào) (Chinese Mandarin), 葯材 (Chinese Mandarin), 药材 (yàocái) (Chinese Mandarin), 葯物 (Chinese Mandarin), 药物 (yàowù) (Chinese Mandarin), geneeskrachtig (Dutch), genezend (Dutch), parantava (Finnish), médicinal (French), médicamenteux (French), medicinal (Galician), medikamentös (German), medizinal (German), medizinisch (German), Arznei- (German), Heil- (German), gyógyító (Hungarian), gyógyhatású (Hungarian), gyógy- (Hungarian), medicamentoso [masculine] (Italian), medicinale (Italian), ഔഷധ (auṣadha) (Malayalam), medisinsk (Norwegian Bokmål), medisinsk (Norwegian Nynorsk), medicinal (Romanian), vindecător (Romanian), лека́рственный (lekárstvennyj) (Russian), лече́бный (lečébnyj) (Russian), медици́нский (medicínskij) (Russian), medicinal (Spanish), medicamentoso (Spanish), ilaç özelliği olan (Turkish), iyileştirici (Turkish), müsekkin (Turkish), teskin edici (Turkish), tedavi edici (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-medicinal-en-adj-c03k4JS0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 23 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 19 37 20 24 Disambiguation of 'tending to cure disease': 8 85 7
  3. Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice. Tags: not-comparable Translations (tasting like medicine): lääkkeen makuinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-medicinal-en-adj-iWD1cULp Disambiguation of 'tasting like medicine': 9 2 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: medicinal chemistry, medicinal finger, medicinally Related terms: herbal medicine, medical, medication, medicational, medicine, salutary

Noun

IPA: /məˈdɪsənəl/, /məˈdɪsnəl/, /mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: medicinals [plural]
Etymology: From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine + -al. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|medicīnālis}} Latin medicīnālis, {{suf|en|medicine|al}} medicine + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} medicinal (plural medicinals)
  1. Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes. Translations (plant that can be used medicinally): lääkekasvi (Finnish), planta medicinal [feminine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-medicinal-en-noun-j4J8NA~Q

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        ],
        [
          "cure",
          "cure"
        ],
        [
          "disease",
          "disease"
        ],
        [
          "relieve",
          "relieve"
        ],
        [
          "pain",
          "pain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Tasting like medicine; particularly of unpleasant or artificial sweet or bitter flavours similar to cherry, almond or licorice."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈdɪsənəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈdɪsnəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having the properties of or pertaining to medicine",
      "word": "medicinaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the properties of or pertaining to medicine",
      "word": "lääkemäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the properties of or pertaining to medicine",
      "word": "lääke-"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the properties of or pertaining to medicine",
      "word": "medicinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "därılık",
      "sense": "having the properties of or pertaining to medicine",
      "word": "дәрілік"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "medicinskij",
      "sense": "having the properties of or pertaining to medicine",
      "word": "медицинский"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕilājiyy",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "عِلَاجِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "celeben",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "целебен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medicinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "葯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yào",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "药"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "葯材"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàocái",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "药材"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "葯物"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàowù",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "药物"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "geneeskrachtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "genezend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "parantava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "médicinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "médicamenteux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medicinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medikamentös"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medizinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medizinisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "Arznei-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "Heil-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "gyógyító"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "gyógyhatású"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "gyógy-"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "medicamentoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medicinale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "auṣadha",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "ഔഷധ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medisinsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medisinsk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medicinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "vindecător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lekárstvennyj",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "лека́рственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lečébnyj",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "лече́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "medicínskij",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "медици́нский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medicinal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "medicamentoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "ilaç özelliği olan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "iyileştirici"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "müsekkin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "teskin edici"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "tending to cure disease",
      "word": "tedavi edici"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "tasting like medicine",
      "word": "lääkkeen makuinen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "medicinal"
}

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    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English 4-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms suffixed with -al",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "medicīnālis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin medicīnālis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "medicine",
        "3": "al"
      },
      "expansion": "medicine + -al",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin medicīnālis, equivalent to medicine + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "medicinals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "medicinal (plural medicinals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any plant that can be used for medicinal purposes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈdɪsənəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/məˈdɪsnəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛˈdɪsɪnəl/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-medicinal.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant that can be used medicinally",
      "word": "lääkekasvi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "plant that can be used medicinally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "planta medicinal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "medicinal"
}

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