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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒptɪməl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑptɪməl/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
optimal (not comparable)
- The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
- Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.
- 2014 August 21, Susan Stafford Kelly, “What Say You”, in Our State:
- Herewith, a brief primer in speaking basic North Carolinaese, meant to be read aloud for optimal effect.
- (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.
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Noun
optimal (plural optimals)
- The best of its kind
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
optimal (feminine optimale, masculine plural optimaux, feminine plural optimales)
Further reading
- “optimal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
optimal (strong nominative masculine singular optimaler, comparative (colloquial) optimaler, superlative (colloquial) am optimalsten)
Usage notes
The comparation forms are considered incorrect by some prescriptivists, and are widely restricted to less formal usage.
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Positive forms of optimal
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Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /opˈtimal/ [op̚ˈt̪i.mal]
- Rhymes: -imal
- Syllabification: op‧ti‧mal
Adjective
optimal (comparative lebih optimal, superlative paling optimal)
Derived terms
- dioptimalkan
- keoptimalan
- mengoptimalkan
- pengoptimal
- pengoptimalan
- teroptimalkan
- seoptimal mungkin
Related terms
Further reading
- “optimal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French optimal. By surface analysis, optim + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
optimal m or n (feminine singular optimală, masculine plural optimali, feminine/neuter plural optimale)
Declension
References
- “optimal”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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