comtal

English

Etymology

From French comtal. Doublet of comital, both ultimately from Latin comes.

Adjective

comtal (comparative more comtal, superlative most comtal)

1. Pertaining to a count.
   • 1803, Lockhart Muirhead, Journals of Travels, London, page 320:

     The eight principal magistrates, or Capitouls, acquire nobility in virtue of their election, transmit it to their posterity, and are the only municipal officers in the kingdom who are entitled to wear the Comtal robe.

   • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 173:

     In the early twelfth century its heiress married an obscure knight called Guillem Ramón (1090-1173), who rose to be ‘Great Seneschal’ at the comtal court.

Catalan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin comitālis. By surface analysis, comte +‎ -al

Adjective

comtal m or f (masculine and feminine plural comtals)

1. comtal

Related terms

• comtat
• vescomtal

Further reading

• “comtal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin comitālis.

Adjective

comtal (feminine comtale, masculine plural comtaux, feminine plural comtales)

1. (relational) count (rank of nobility); comtal, comital

Further reading

• “comtal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.