procedural

See also: procédural

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English procedure
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English procedural

    From procedure + -al.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    procedural (comparative more procedural, superlative most procedural)

    1. Related to procedure.
      The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds: it wasn't the facts or the law, but just that they hadn't filed the correct forms.
      • 1983, D. C. Pandey, Habitual Offenders and the Law, page 31:
        An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities.
    2. (computing) Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed.
      a procedural texture
      procedural terrain

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    Noun

    procedural (plural procedurals)

    1. (literature, film) A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail.
      • 2000, Gary Hausladen, Places for Dead Bodies, page 35:
        It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form.
      • 2023 September 3, Peter Bradshaw, “The Killer review – terrific David Fincher thriller about a philosophising hitman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 October 2026:
        David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman […]
    2. (specifically) Ellipsis of police procedural.
      • 2015 June 16, David Stubbs, “Watching the detectives: why the police procedural is more popular than ever”, in The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 October 2026:
        The Wire, however, did not kill the procedural. The procedural simply borrowed The Wire’s aesthetic. The detectives may trudge sombrely from one improbable homicide scene to another, week in, week out, as the blue lights circle bleakly, but we, the viewers, sink gleefully into our sofas ready to drink it in like cocoa.

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    Polish

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    English procedure
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
    Proto-Indo-European *-is
    Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
    Proto-Italic *-ālis
    Latin -ālislbor.
    Old French -albor.
    ▲
    Latin -ālis
    Old French -elbor.
    ▲
    Latin -ālisbor.
    Middle English -al
    English -al
    English proceduralbor.
    Polish procedural

      Borrowed from English procedural. By surface analysis, back-formation from proceduralny.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /prɔ.t͡sɛˈdu.ral/
      • Rhymes: -ural
      • Syllabification: pro‧ce‧du‧ral

      Noun

      procedural m inan

      1. (colloquial, film, television) procedural, police procedural (television series, or film characterized by detailed, realistic treatment of professional procedures, especially police procedures)

      Declension

      Declension of procedural
      singular plural
      nominative procedural procedurale
      genitive procedurala procedurali, proceduralów
      dative proceduralowi proceduralom
      accusative procedural procedurale
      instrumental proceduralem proceduralami
      locative proceduralu proceduralach
      vocative proceduralu procedurale
      adjectives
      nouns
      verbs

      Further reading

      • “procedural”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

      Romanian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from French procédural. By surface analysis, procedură + -al.

        Adjective

        procedural m or n (feminine singular procedurală, masculine plural procedurali, feminine/neuter plural procedurale)

        1. procedural

        Declension

        Declension of procedural
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
        nominative-
        accusative         		indefinite procedural procedurală procedurali procedurale
        definite proceduralul procedurala proceduralii proceduralele
        genitive-
        dative         		indefinite procedural procedurale procedurali procedurale
        definite proceduralului proceduralei proceduralilor proceduralelor

        Spanish

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        procedural m or f (masculine and feminine plural procedurales)

        1. procedural
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