epistolar
English
Adjective
epistolar (not comparable)
- Alternative form of epistolary
- 1669, Henry More, “A Preparation toward the Mysticall or Propheticall Interpretation of the Seven Epistles to the Seven Churches of Asia”, in An Exposition of the Seven Epistles to the Seven Churches; […], London: […] James Flesher, →OCLC, paragraph 6, page 9:
- Wherefore the Objections were but ſmall, conſidering the Uſefulneſs of this Epiſtolar way, though there were no other ſenſe of theſe ſeven Epiſtles and the ſeven Churches but the myſticall.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French épistolaire, from Latin epistolaris. By surface analysis, epistolă + -ar.
Adjective
epistolar m or n (feminine singular epistolară, masculine plural epistolari, feminine and neuter plural epistolare)
Declension
Declension of epistolar
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | epistolar | epistolară | epistolari | epistolare | ||
definite | epistolarul | epistolara | epistolarii | epistolarele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | epistolar | epistolare | epistolari | epistolare | ||
definite | epistolarului | epistolarei | epistolarilor | epistolarelor |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin epistolāris, from epistola (“letter”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “message, letter”).
Derived terms
- epistolarmente
- novela epistolar (“epistolary novel”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “epistolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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