provincial
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provincial¹
- /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.
adjective more provincial · most provincial
- Of or pertaining to a province. a provincial government
- Constituting a province.
- Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province. […] fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces.
- Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.
- Backwoodsy, hick, yokelish, countrified; not polished; rude. That awful little Cedar Whatever is no thriving megalopolis, and you people are so provincial, it's appalling.
- Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical. a provincial synod
noun provincials
- A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.
- A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order. The Franciscan provincial Diego de Landa set up a local Inquisition which unleashed a campaign of interrogation and torture on the Indio population.
- A constitution issued by the head of an ecclesiastical province. Or els is thys Goddis law, Decrees or decretals, Or holy sinodals, Or els provincyals, Thus within the wals Of holy church to deale […]?
- A country bumpkin.
Provincial²
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Provence; Provençal. With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: parochial, peasant, stay-at-home, bucolic, rustic, hick, pokey, bumpkinly, unsophisticated, jerkwater, one-horse, insular, poky, corn-fed, province, regional
Translations
Every language
adj not cosmopolitan or polished
| Español | provinciano, paleto |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | επαρχιώτικος eparchiótikos, χωριάτικος choriátikos |
adj of or pertaining to a province
| Español | provincial |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 省的 shěng de, 地方的 dìfang de |
| हिन्दी | प्रांतीय prāntīya, प्रादेशिक prādeśik, आंचलिक āñclik, प्रदेशीय pradeśīya, प्रदेशी pradeśī |
| Português | provincial |
| Français | provincial |
| Deutsch | provinziell, provinzial |
| Italiano | provinciale |
| Ελληνικά | επαρχιακός eparchiakós |
| Русский | провинциа́льный provinciálʹnyj |
adj exhibiting the ways or manners of a province
| Español | provinciano |
|---|---|
| Português | interiorano, provinciano |
| Русский | провинциа́льный provinciálʹnyj |
noun monastic superior who directs a province of an order
| Tiếng Việt | giám tỉnh |
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Talk about this word "provincial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/provincial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. provincial. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/provincial "provincial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/provincial.Cite this
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title = {provincial},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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