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behavioural

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /bɪˈheɪvjərəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /bɪˈheɪvjɚəl/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to behaviour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to behavior

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • behavioral sciences

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: behavioral

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From behaviour + -al.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: gedragsmatig — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Finnish: käyttäytymis- — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Finnish: käytös- — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • French: comportemental — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Galician: do comportamento — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • German: Verhaltens- — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Haitian Creole: konpòtmantal — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Hungarian: viselkedési — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Hungarian: magatartási — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Indonesian: perilaku — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Malagasy: ara-pitondran-tena — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Polish: behawioralny — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Polish: zachowaniowy — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Romanian: comportamental — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Russian: поведе́нческий (povedénčeskij) — of or pertaining to behaviour
  • Serbo-Croatian: bihejvioralno — of or pertaining to behaviour