universal
English
/ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl̩/, /ˌjunɪˈvɝsl̩/
adj
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the universe.
- Common to all members of a group or class.
- Common to all society; worldwide
- unlimited; vast; infinite
- Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English universal derived from Old French universal derived from Latin ūniversālis.
Origin
Latin
ūniversālis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Universalian English
- antiuniversalism English
- antiuniversalist English
- grinder English
- interuniversal English
- nonuniversal English
- nonuniversalist English
- nonuniversalistic English
- nonuniversality English
- nonuniversally English
- packager English
- sorter English
- subuniversal English
- superuniversal English
- universal grinder English
- universal packager English
- universal sorter English
- universalisable English
- universalisation English
- universalise English
- universalism English
- universalist English
- universalistic English
- universality English
- universalization English
- universalize English
- universally English
- universalness English
- ūniversālis Latin
- universal German
- universale Italian
- universale Dutch, Flemish
- universaliser French
- universalisme French
- universaliste French
- universalité French
- universel French
- универсал Russian
- универсальный Russian
- universal Spanish, Castilian
- universell Norwegian Bokmål
- universal Portuguese
- ユニバーサル Japanese
- uniwersalny Polish
- universell Norwegian Nynorsk
- universal Middle English
- universalite Middle English
- universally Middle English
- universe Middle English
- universal Old French
- universel Old French
- universala Esperanto
- universal Catalan, Valencian
- universal Galician
- universel Middle French
- universal Occitan
- inivèsèl Haitian, Haitian Creole
- sorter
- grinder
- packager
- universally
- universalise
- subuniversal
- Universalian
- universalist
- universalism
- universality
- universalize
- nonuniversal
- universalness
- interuniversal
- universalistic
- superuniversal
- nonuniversally
- universalisable
- nonuniversality
- nonuniversalist
- antiuniversalism
- universalisation
- universal sorter
- universalization
- antiuniversalist
- nonuniversalistic
- universal grinder
- universal packager