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feudal

/ˈfjuːdəl/ UK
[ˈfjuː.dɫ̩] UK
/ˈfju.dəl/ Canada, US
[ˈfju.ɾɫ̩] Canada, US
/ˈfjʉːdəl/ Australia, New Zealand
[ˈfjʉː.ɾɫ̩] Australia, New Zealand, informal

Sounds like futile (some US accents) · Rhymes with -uːdəl

Where it comes from

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.

adjective

not comparable 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 "nationalita

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: feudalistic, feudalism, tribal, antiquated, obsolete, outmoded, outdated, medieval, archaic, old-world, bygone, timeworn, dated, primitive, ancient, anachronistic

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adj of, or relating to feudalism

Español	feudal
中文	封建的
Português	feudal
Français	féodal
Deutsch	feudal
Ελληνικά	φεουδαρχικός feoudarchikós
Русский	феода́льный feodálʹnyj
العربية	إِقْطَاعِيّ ʔiqṭāʕiyy

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@misc{feudal_2026,
  title = {feudal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feudal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}