pictural

English

Etymology

From picture +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkt͡ʃəɹəl/

Noun

pictural (plural picturals)

1. (obsolete) A picture.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Thence brought them to the second rowme, whose wals
     Were painted faire with memorable gestes
     Of famous wisards; and with picturals Of magistrates , of courts , of tribunals […]

Adjective

pictural (comparative more pictural, superlative most pictural)

1. (archaic, rare) Pictorial.
   • 1828 March, Walter Scott, “Article XV. On Landscape Gardening. [Review of The Planter’s Guide; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood. By Sir Henry Steuart, Bart. Edinburgh, 8vo, 1828. From the Quarterly Review.].”, in The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., volume XXI, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne & Co. for] Robert Cadell; London: Whittaker and Co., published 1836, →OCLC, pages 79–80:

     Horace Walpole, in a short essay, distinguished by his usual accuracy of information, and ornamented by his wit and taste, has traced the history of gardening, in a pictural sense, from the mere art of horticulture to the creation of scenery of a more general character, extending beyond the narrow limits of the proper garden and orchard.

References

• “pictural”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik.ty.ʁal/

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Adjective

pictural (feminine picturale, masculine plural picturaux, feminine plural picturales)

1. (relational) painting

Further reading

• “pictural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “pictural” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “pictural” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pictural.

Adjective

pictural m or n (feminine singular picturală, masculine plural picturali, feminine and neuter plural picturale)

1. pictorial

Declension

Declension of pictural

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pictural		picturală	picturali	picturale
	definite	picturalul		picturala	picturalii	picturalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pictural		picturale	picturali	picturale
	definite	picturalului		picturalei	picturalilor	picturalelor