funcional

Catalan

Etymology

From funció +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [fun.si.uˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [fun.si.oˈnal]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: fun‧ci‧o‧nal

Adjective

funcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural funcionals)

1. functional

Derived terms

• funcionalisme
• funcionalista
• funcionalitat
• funcionalment

Further reading

• “funcional”, 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
• “funcional”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “funcional” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “funcional”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fungōr

Latin fungor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin fūnctiōnemlbor.

Galician función

Galician -al

Galician funcional

From función + -al.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /funθjoˈnal/ [fun̪.θjoˈnɑɫ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /funθjoˈnal/ [fun̪.θjoˈnɑɫ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /funsjoˈnal/ [fun.sjoˈnɑɫ]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: fun‧cio‧nal

Adjective

funcional m or f (plural funcionais)

1. functional

Derived terms

• funcionalidade
• funcionalismo
• funcionalista
• funcionalmente

Further reading

• “funcional”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fungōr

Latin fungor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin fūnctiōnembor.

French fonction

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Old French -el

French -el

French fonctionnelbor.

Portuguese funcional

Borrowed from French fonctionnel.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˈnaw/ [fũ.si.oˈnaʊ̯], (faster) /fũ.sjoˈnaw/ [fũ.sjoˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.sjuˈnal/ [fũ.sjuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.sjuˈnal/ [fũ.sjuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.sjuˈna.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: fun‧ci‧o‧nal

Adjective

funcional m or f (plural funcionais, comparable, comparative mais funcional, superlative o mais funcional or funcionalíssimo)

1. functional (in good working order)
2. functional (fulfilling a function)

Derived terms

• funcionalidade
• funcionalismo
• funcionalista
• funcionalmente

Further reading

• “funcional”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fungōr

Latin fungor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin fūnctiōnembor.

Spanish función

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Spanish -al

Spanish funcional

From función + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /funθjoˈnal/ [fũn̟.θjoˈnal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /funsjoˈnal/ [fũn.sjoˈnal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fun‧cio‧nal

Adjective

funcional m or f (masculine and feminine plural funcionales)

1. functional

Derived terms

• armonía funcional
• funcionalidad
• funcionalismo
• funcionalista
• funcionalmente
• grupo funcional
• multifuncional

Further reading

• “funcional”, 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