confessioneel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French confessionnel. Equivalent to confessie + -eel.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌkɔn.fɛ.ʃoːˈneːl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: con‧fes‧si‧o‧neel
  • Rhymes: -eːl

Adjective

confessioneel (comparative confessioneler, superlative confessioneelst)

  1. linked to a particular religious denomination, confessional

Inflection

Inflection of confessioneel
uninflected confessioneel
inflected confessionele
comparative confessioneler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial confessioneelconfessionelerhet confessioneelst
het confessioneelste
indefinite m./f. sing. confessioneleconfessionelereconfessioneelste
n. sing. confessioneelconfessionelerconfessioneelste
plural confessioneleconfessionelereconfessioneelste
definite confessioneleconfessionelereconfessioneelste
partitive confessioneelsconfessionelers

Noun

confessioneel m (plural confessionelen, diminutive confessioneeltje n)

  1. (politics, Christianity) adherent or member of an explicitly religious political party
  2. (historical, Protestantism) orthodox Protestant fixated on creedal rectitude
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