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From Latin rītuālis (adjective), from rītus (“rite”) +‎ -ālis. Displaced native Old English ġewuna and wuna.

ritual (comparative more ritual, superlative most ritual)

  1. Related to a rite or repeated set of actions.
    They performed the ritual lighting of the candles.
    • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 855:
      These verses are the basis for the practice of wearing a prayer shawl (tallit) with a ritual fringe (tzitzit) on each of its four corners

ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)

  1. A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts.
    The priests carried out the religious ritual carefully.
    • 2017, Christine Honders, OCD: The Struggle with Obsessions and Compulsions, page 44:
      Despite their good intentions, family members who participate in OCD rituals help reinforce the problem.

repeated set of actions

ritual m

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Borrowed from Latin rituālis.

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituals)

  1. ritual

ritual m (plural rituals)

  1. ritual

ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)

  1. ritual
    Synonym: ritus

Borrowed from English ritual, from Latin rītuālis (adjective), rītus (“rite”) +‎ -ālis. Displaced rituil.

ritual (comparative lebih ritual, superlative paling ritual)

  1. ritual

ritual (plural **ritual-ritual)

  1. ritual, rite
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ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)

  1. ritual

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural **ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)

  1. ritual

From Latin ritualis, from ritus.

ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural **ritual, definite plural rituala)

  1. ritual

Learned borrowing from Late Latin rītuālis. By surface analysis, rito +‎ -ual.

ritual m or f (plural rituais)

  1. ritual

ritual m (plural rituais)

  1. ritual

Borrowed from French rituel or Italian rituale.

ritual n (plural rituali)

  1. ritual

ritùāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)

  1. ritual

From Latin rituālis.

ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituales)

  1. ritual

ritual m (plural rituales)

  1. rite
  2. ritual

ritual c or n

  1. ritual (set of ceremonial actions, or set of actions more generally, like in English)
    den dagliga ritualen
    the daily ritual

Neuter gender is uncommon.