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genealogical

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌd͡ʒiniəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: JH IY2 N IY0 AA0 L AO1 JH IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to genealogy.

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

Of the relationships among individuals within a species.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: systematics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Genetic (based on shared membership in a linguistic family).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to genealogy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • genealogical records

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: genealogic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French généalogique + -al, equivalent to genealogy + -ical.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: xenealóxicu — of or relating to genealogy
  • Belarusian: генеалагі́чны (hjenjealahíčny) — of or relating to genealogy
  • Catalan: genealògic — of or relating to genealogy
  • Czech: genealogický — of or relating to genealogy
  • Danish: genealogisk — of or relating to genealogy
  • Dutch: genealogisch — of or relating to genealogy
  • Esperanto: genealogia — of or relating to genealogy
  • Finnish: genealoginen — of or relating to genealogy
  • French: généalogique — of or relating to genealogy
  • West-Frisian: genealogysk — of or relating to genealogy
  • Galician: xenealóxico — of or relating to genealogy
  • Georgian: გენეალოგიური (genealogiuri) — of or relating to genealogy
  • German: genealogisch — of or relating to genealogy
  • Hungarian: genealógiai — of or relating to genealogy
  • Hungarian: származástani — of or relating to genealogy
  • Ido: genealogiala — of or relating to genealogy
  • Irish: ginealaigh — of or relating to genealogy
  • Irish: ginealais — of or relating to genealogy
  • Italian: genealogico — of or relating to genealogy
  • Kazakh: генеалогиялық (genealogiälyq) — of or relating to genealogy
  • Latvian: ģenealoģisks — of or relating to genealogy
  • Polish: genealogiczny — of or relating to genealogy
  • Portuguese: genealógico — of or relating to genealogy
  • Romanian: genealogic — of or relating to genealogy
  • Russian: генеалоги́ческий (genealogíčeskij) — of or relating to genealogy
  • Slovak: genealogický — of or relating to genealogy
  • Spanish: genealógico — of or relating to genealogy
  • Tagalog: palamulain — of or relating to genealogy
  • Ukrainian: генеалогі́чний (henealohíčnyj) — of or relating to genealogy
  • Volapük: genealogik — of or relating to genealogy
  • Welsh: achyddol — of or relating to genealogy
Real reading context

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