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optimal

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English

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Etymology

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    From Latin optimus (best) + English -al.

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    optimal (not comparable)

    1. The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
      Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.
      • 2014 August 21, Susan Stafford Kelly, “What Say You”, in Our State:
        Herewith, a brief primer in speaking basic North Carolinaese, meant to be read aloud for optimal effect.

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    Noun

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    optimal (plural optimals)

    1. The best of its kind

    French

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    From the Latin optimum suffixed with -al.

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    optimal (feminine optimale, masculine plural optimaux, feminine plural optimales)

    1. optimal

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    German

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    optimal (strong nominative masculine singular optimaler, comparative (colloquial) optimaler, superlative (colloquial) am optimalsten)

    1. optimal (perfect)
    2. optimal (as good as possible under a given condition)
    3. very good

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    The comparation forms are considered incorrect by some prescriptivists, and are widely restricted to less formal usage.

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    Further reading

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    • optimal” in Duden online
    • optimal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Dutch optimaal, from French optimal.

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    optimal (comparative lebih optimal, superlative paling optimal)

    1. optimal, optimum
      Synonym: optimum

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    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French optimal. By surface analysis, optim +‎ -al.

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    optimal m or n (feminine singular optimală, masculine plural optimali, feminine/neuter plural optimale)

    1. optimal

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    Declension of optimal
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative
    indefinite optimal optimală optimali optimale
    definite optimalul optimala optimalii optimalele
    genitive-
    dative
    indefinite optimal optimale optimali optimale
    definite optimalului optimalei optimalilor optimalelor

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