adminicular

English

Etymology

From Latin adminiculō (“to prop up, support”) + -ar.

Adjective

adminicular (comparative more adminicular, superlative most adminicular)

1. (obsolete) Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.

   Synonym: adminiculary

   • 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, Records of a Family of Engineers:

     He came: he found the islanders beside themselves at this unwelcome resurrection of the dead and the detested; he was shown, as adminicular of testimony

Translations

supplying help; corroborative; explanatory

Portuguese: adminicular

References

• “adminicular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adminicular”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(h)], /ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(h)], /ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.mi.ni.kuˈla(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.mi.ni.kuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmi.ni.kuˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.ðmi.ni.kuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmi.ni.kuˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.ðmi.ni.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmi.ni.kuˈla.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðmi.ni.kuˈla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧ni‧cu‧lar

Etymology 1

From adminículo +‎ -ar.

Adjective

adminicular m or f (plural adminiculares)

1. adminicular (supplying help; corroborative; explanatory)

Etymology 2

Same as the 1st etymology.

Verb

adminicular (first-person singular present adminiculo, first-person singular preterite adminiculei, past participle adminiculado)

1. (transitive) to administer adminicle; help

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adminicular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	adminicular
Personal	adminicular	adminiculares	adminicular	adminicularmos	adminiculardes	adminicularem
Gerund
	adminiculando
Past participle
Masculine	adminiculado			adminiculados
Feminine	adminiculada			adminiculadas
Indicative
Present	adminiculo	adminiculas	adminicula	adminiculamos	adminiculais	adminiculam
Imperfect	adminiculava	adminiculavas	adminiculava	adminiculávamos	adminiculáveis	adminiculavam
Preterite	adminiculei	adminiculaste	adminiculou	adminiculamos1, adminiculámos2	adminiculastes	adminicularam
Pluperfect	adminiculara	adminicularas	adminiculara	adminiculáramos	adminiculáreis	adminicularam
Future	adminicularei	adminicularás	adminiculará	adminicularemos	adminiculareis	adminicularão
Conditional	adminicularia	adminicularias	adminicularia	adminicularíamos	adminicularíeis	adminiculariam
Subjunctive
Present	adminicule	adminicules	adminicule	adminiculemos	adminiculeis	adminiculem
Imperfect	adminiculasse	adminiculasses	adminiculasse	adminiculássemos	adminiculásseis	adminiculassem
Future	adminicular	adminiculares	adminicular	adminicularmos	adminiculardes	adminicularem
Imperative
Affirmative		adminicula	adminicule	adminiculemos	adminiculai	adminiculem
Negative (não)		não adminicules	não adminicule	não adminiculemos	não adminiculeis	não adminiculem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “adminicular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “adminicular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025