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prelal

/ˈpɹiːləl/

prelal adjective: of or relating to printing; typographical.

Adjective

prelal (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to printing; typographical.
    • This is a catalogue of prelal mistakes, committed and confessed in the doctor's book of Animadversions1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[…] Iohn Williams […]], →OCLC

Origin of prelal

Latin prelum (“a press”) + -al.

Questions about prelal

What does prelal mean?
Prelal means of or relating to printing; typographical.
What part of speech is prelal?
Prelal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce prelal?
Prelal is pronounced /ˈpɹiːləl/.

Words near prelal in the dictionary

  1. prelactal
  2. prelacteal
  3. prelacy
  4. preladenant
  5. prelaid
  6. prelal
  7. prelamin
  8. prelaminar
  9. prelaminated
  10. prelamination
  11. prelamins

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