From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wp]
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en] [en], from [en], from [en], feminine singular of [grc], from [grc], from
[grc], ultimately from [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [Of medicine.]
1. [en] Pertaining to the field of medicine ; medical . [15th–19th c.]
2. [en] That practises medicine; pertaining to doctor s, physicianly . [18th c.]
3. * [passage=Her father was thrown from his horse, when his blood was in a very inflammatory state, and the bruises were very dangerous; his recovery was not expected by the PHYSICAL tribe.]
4. [en] [medicinal] ; good for the health, curative , therapeutic . [16th–19th c.]
5. * 1579 , [Thomas North] , translating Pliny, _Parallel Lives_ :
6. *: PHISICALL [grc] herbes, as Helleborum, Lingewort, or Beares foote.
7. * [act=II]
2. [Of matter and nature.]
1. Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible , concrete ; real . Having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]
2. * {{ RQ:Mill Political Economy
|passage=Labour, then, in the PHYSICAL world, is [...] employed in putting
objects in motion.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | title=No hiding place
|date=2013-05-25|volume=407|issue=8837| page=74| magazine=w:The Economist|
url=http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21578357-plan-assess-peoples-personal-characteristics-their-twitter-streams-no|
passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk
mail of both the PHYSICAL and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those
who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as
a result.}}
1. In accordance with the laws of nature ; now specifically, pertaining to physics . [from 16th c.]
2. * [1=en]
3. Denoting a map showing natural features of the landscape (compare [en] ). [from 18th c.]
1. [Of the human body.]
1. Having to do with the body as opposed to the mind; corporeal , bodily . [from 18th c.]
2. * [chapter=1]
3. * [en]
4. [sexual] , carnal . [from 18th c.]
5. Involving bodily force or contact ; vigorous , aggressive . [from 20th c.]
**** Antonyms
- [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] ; having to do with the mind or spirit (or both) viewed as distinct from body.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
[en]
**** Translations
[having to do with the material world; tangible]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] [dated]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Walloon: [wa]
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[having to do with physics]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Norwegian:
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] [dated]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[having to do with the body; corporeal]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Indonesian: [id] , [id] , [id] , [id]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Irish: [ga]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro] , [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Telugu: [te]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[involving bodily force; vigorous]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] [postpositioned] , [de] [postpositioned]
- Greek: [el]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Old English: [ang]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. Physical examination .
2. [en] A physical manifestation of psychic origin, as through ectoplasmic solidification.
3. * [passage="I don't mind readings and clairvoyance, but the PHYSICALS do try you."]
**** Translations
[physical examination]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Greek: [el]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Korean: [ko]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[en]