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feudal

Syllables: feud·alUK/ˈfjuːdəl/US/ˈfju.dəl/

feudal adjective: of, or relating to feudalism.

Adjective

feudal (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to feudalism.
    • And the birth of nations implies many artifices: Not only are they constituted in an active struggle against the imperial or evolved systems, the feudal systems, and the autonomous cities, but they crush their own "minorities," in other words, minoritarian phenomena that could be termed...1987, Deleuze & Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456

feudal meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

feudal in Hindi

सामंती, सामन्ती

feudal in Marathi

सरंजामी

feudal in Urdu

جاگیردارانہ

feudal in Bengali

সামন্তবাদী
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feudal in Telugu
భూస్వామ్య
feudal in Malayalam
ജന്മാവകാശം സംബന്ധിച്ച, കുടിജന്മസംബന്ധമായ, കുടിജന്മവസ്തുസംബന്ധമായ, ജന്മിത്തസമ്പ്രദായത്തിലുള്ള
feudal in Kannada
ಊಳಿಗಮಾನ್ಯದ, ಜೀತ ಪದ್ಧತಿಯ
feudal in Punjabi
ਸਾਮੰਤੀ, ਸਾਮਂਤੀ
feudal in Gujarati
સામંતી, સામન્તી
feudal in Odia
ସାମନ୍ତବାଦୀ
feudal in Nepali
सामन्ती, सामन्तवादी
feudal in Tagalog
malaalipin
feudal in Arabic
إِقْطَاعِيّ ʔiqṭāʕiyy
feudal in Malay
feudal
feudal in Indonesian
feodal

Examples of feudal in a sentence

  • Feudal privileges often included tax and other immunities.
  • The feudal subjects decided to revolt.
  • In feudal days lay brothers were usually uneducated commoners, who did most menial, manual labor while the learned priestly monks held the more spiritual jobs.

All 26 example sentences with feudal

Origin of feudal

From Old French feodal, from Medieval Latin feodalis, from feodum, feudum, fevum (“fief, fee”), from Frankish *fehu (“cattle, owndom, property, fee”), from Proto-Germanic *fehu (“cattle”). By surface analysis, feud (“estate”) + -al. More at fee.

Words formed from feudal

Phrases with feudal

Words that rhyme with feudal

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Questions about feudal

What does feudal mean?
Feudal means of, or relating to feudalism.
What is feudal in Hindi?
Feudal in Hindi is सामंती, सामन्ती. See Feudal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is feudal?
Feudal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce feudal?
Feudal is pronounced /ˈfjuːdəl/ (UK).

Words near feudal in the dictionary

  1. feuage
  2. feuar
  3. feuars
  4. Feucht
  5. feud
  6. feudal
  7. feudal law
  8. feudal laws
  9. feudal lord
  10. feudal lords
  11. feudal rush

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: feudal (page history and authors); feudal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feudal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); feudal (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); feudal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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