special
English
/ˈspɛ.ʃəl/
adj
Definitions
- Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
- Of particular personal interest or value; dear; beloved.
- (euphemistic) Of or related to learning learning or intellectual intellectual disabilities.
- Constituting or relating to a species.
- Chief in excellence.
- (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare, as in "special forces" and "special operations".
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *special derived from Old French especial derived from Latin specialis.
Origin
Latin
specialis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antispecial English
- catalogue English
- cospecialize English
- especial English
- especially English
- especialness English
- hyperspecial English
- hyperspecialize English
- multispeciality English
- nonspecial English
- overspecialize English
- respecialize English
- specialism English
- speciality English
- specialization English
- specialize English
- specializer English
- specially English
- specialness English
- specialogue English
- subspecialism English
- subspecialize English
- superspecial English
- unspecial English
- specialis Latin
- speciālis Latin
- speciēs Latin
- spezial German
- speziell German
- speciális Hungarian
- special Dutch, Flemish
- spécial French
- spécialement French
- spécialiser French
- spécialité French
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- spesial Norwegian Bokmål
- spesiell Norwegian Bokmål
- スペシャル Japanese
- spesial Norwegian Nynorsk
- spesiell Norwegian Nynorsk
- *special Middle English
- especial Middle English
- specialli Middle English
- especial Old French
- especialment Old French
- ရှယ် Burmese
- spécialité Middle French
- spesol Tok Pisin
- spéshelígíí Navajo, Navaho