adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/dɪpɑːtˈmɛntəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌdiːpɑtˈmɛntəl/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, General-American:/dɪpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/
Canada, General-American:/ˌdiːpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/
Australian:/dɪpɐːtˈmentəl/
Australian:/ˌdiːpɐːtˈmentəl/
New-Zealand:/dəpɐːtˈmentəl/
New-Zealand:/ˌdiːpɐːtˈmentəl/
rhymes with -ɛntəl
CMU ARPABET:D IH0 P AA2 R T M EH1 N AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D IH0 P AA2 R T M EH1 N T AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a department.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: non-departmental, nondepartmental
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to a department
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
departmental policy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French départemental. By surface analysis, department + -al. Doublet of départemental.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
部門的 /部门的
(bùmén de)
— of or relating to a department
French:
départemental
— of or relating to a department
Hindi:
विभागीय
(vibhāgīya)
— of or relating to a department
Hungarian:
ágazati
— of or relating to a department
Hungarian:
tanszéki
— of or relating to a department
Irish:
rannach
— of or relating to a department
Italian:
ministeriale
— of or relating to a department
Italian:
dipartimentale
— of or relating to a department
Italian:
ripartimentale
— of or relating to a department
Japanese:
部門の
(bumon no)
— of or relating to a department
Kazakh:
департаменттік
(departamenttık)
— of or relating to a department
Polish:
oddziałowy
— of or relating to a department
Polish:
wydziałowy
— of or relating to a department
Polish:
departamentalny
— of or relating to a department
Polish:
resortowy
— of or relating to a department
Russian:
департаментский
(departamentskij)
— of or relating to a department
Russian:
ве́домственный
(védomstvennyj)
— of or relating to a department
Spanish:
departamental
— of or relating to a department
