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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)
- 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
- 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 855:
ritual (countable and uncountable, plural rituals)
- 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.
- 2017, Christine Honders, OCD: The Struggle with Obsessions and Compulsions, page 44:
- antiritual
- biritual
- nonritual
- postritual
- ritualisation, ritualization
- ritualise, ritualize
- ritualist
- ritualistic
- rituality
- ritualless
- ritually
- unritual
repeated set of actions
Arabic: شَعِيرَة f (šaʕīra), مَرَاسِم m (marāsim), طُقُوس m pl (ṭuqūs)
Armenian: ծես (hy) (ces), արարողություն (araroġutʻyun)
Bashkir: йола (yola)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 儀式 / 仪式 (zh) (yíshì), 典禮 / 典礼 (zh) (diǎnlǐ)Danish: ritual n
Egyptian: (jrw)
Estonian: rituaal
Georgian: რიტუალი (riṭuali)
Greek: τελετουργικό (el) n (teletourgikó)
Ancient Greek: τελετή f (teletḗ)Irish: deasghnáth m
Kazakh: жора (jora), жол-жора (kk) (jol-jora), салт жоралары pl (salt joralary)
Korean: 의식(儀式) (ko) (uisik), 의례(儀禮) (ko) (uirye), 제사(祭祀) (ko) (jesa)
Latin: ritus m, caerimōnia (la) f
Lithuanian: ritualas m
Māori: whakaritenga, ritenga, kawanga
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norman: rituel m
Old English: ġewuna m
Scots: reetual
Scottish Gaelic: deas-ghnàth m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀бред m, риту̀а̄л m
Latin: òbred (sh) m, ritùāl (sh) mSherpa: please add this translation if you can
Tagalog: sulinaw
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
ritual m
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- “ritual”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- Newmark, Leonard (1999), “ritual”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press
ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituals)
ritual m (plural rituals)
- ritu
- “ritual”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “ritual”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “ritual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ritual”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
- IPA(key): [ˌʁituˈæˀl]
ritual n (singular definite ritualet, plural indefinite ritualer)
- “ritual” in Den Danske Ordbog
- rituil (superseded)
Borrowed from English ritual, from Latin rītuālis (adjective), rītus (“rite”) + -ālis. Displaced rituil.
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /riˈtual/ [riˈt̪u.al]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: ri‧tu‧al
ritual (comparative lebih ritual, superlative paling ritual)
ritual (plural **ritual-ritual)
“ritual”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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ritual m (feminine singular rituala, masculine plural rituai, feminine plural rituales)
From Latin ritualis, from ritus.
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural **ritual or ritualer, definite plural rituala or ritualene)
- “ritual” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
From Latin ritualis, from ritus.
ritual n (definite singular ritualet, indefinite plural **ritual, definite plural rituala)
- “ritual” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Learned borrowing from Late Latin rītuālis. By surface analysis, rito + -ual.
(Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [hi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [hiˈtwaʊ̯]
(Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [hi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [hiˈtwaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁi.tuˈaw/ [χi.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ʁiˈtwaw/ [χiˈtwaʊ̯]
Hyphenation: ri‧tu‧al
ritual m or f (plural rituais)
ritual m (plural rituais)
- “ritual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ritual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Borrowed from French rituel or Italian rituale.
ritual n (plural rituali)
ritùāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling риту̀а̄л)
ritual m or f (masculine and feminine plural rituales)
ritual m (plural rituales)
“ritual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
ritual c or n
- ritual (set of ceremonial actions, or set of actions more generally, like in English)
den dagliga ritualen
the daily ritual
Neuter gender is uncommon.
“ritual”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“ritual”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“ritual”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)