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conceptual

adj · 4 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: /kənˈsɛp.tjʊəl/
  • UK: /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃʊəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əl/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /kənˈsep.t͡ʃʉ.əl/
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N S EH1 P CH UW0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Existing only in the imagination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or relating to conceptualism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

being or characterized by concepts or their formation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • conceptual discussions
  • the schizophrenic loses ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking
  • sex is a notional category, gender is a grammatical category

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Borrowed from Medieval Latin conceptuālis, from Latin conceptus, perfect passive participle of concipiō (“take hold of; conceive”); see concept and -al.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: канцэптуа́льны (kanceptuálʹny) — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Bulgarian: умозрителен (umozritelen) — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Catalan: conceptual — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Danish: konceptuel — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Dutch: conceptueel — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Finnish: käsite- — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Finnish: käsitteellinen — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Finnish: ajatuksellinen — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Finnish: konsepti- — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Finnish: konseptuaalinen — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • French: conceptuel — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Galician: conceptual — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • German: konzeptionell — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Greek: εννοιολογικός (ennoiologikós) — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Hungarian: fogalmi — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Indonesian: konseptual — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Japanese: 概念的 (gainenteki) — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Latvian: jēdzienisks — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Latvian: konceptuāls — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Portuguese: conceitual — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Portuguese: conceptual — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Portuguese: concetual — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Russian: концептуа́льный (konceptuálʹnyj) — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Spanish: conceptual — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Swedish: konceptuell — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Swedish: begreppsmässig — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Swedish: begreppslig — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Tagalog: dalumatin — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Ukrainian: концептуа́льний (konceptuálʹnyj) — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Yiddish: באַגריפֿיק (bagrifik) — of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
  • Catalan: conceptual — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Finnish: konseptualistinen — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Greek: εννοιοκρατικός (ennoiokratikós) — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Indonesian: konseptual — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Latvian: konceptuāls — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Polish: konceptualny — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Portuguese: conceitual — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Portuguese: conceptual — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Portuguese: concetual — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Tagalog: dalumatin — of, or relating to conceptualism
  • Ukrainian: концептуа́льний (konceptuálʹnyj) — of, or relating to conceptualism
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