notarial

English

Etymology

From Middle English notariall; equivalent to notary +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəʊˈtɛːɹɪəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /noʊˈtɛɹi.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl

Adjective

notarial (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to a notary or notaries.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 551:

     There were outspoken attacks on the free field in law from 1797 onwards, and lawyers were reintroduced in 1800, as was a state system of notarial certification in 1803.

2. Written or executed by a notary.

Derived terms

• notarially

Translations

pertaining to a notary or notaries

• French: notarial (fr)
• German: notariell (de), notarisch
• Polish: notarialny (pl)
• Portuguese: notarial
• Romanian: notarial (ro)
• Russian: нотариа́льный (ru) (notariálʹnyj)
• Spanish: notarial (es)

written or executed by a notary

• Czech: notářský
• French: notarial (fr)
• Polish: notarialny (pl)
• Portuguese: notarial
• Romanian: notarial (ro)
• Russian: нотариа́льный (ru) (notariálʹnyj)
• Spanish: notarial (es)

Anagrams

• rational

French

Etymology

From notaire +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

notarial (feminine notariale, masculine plural notariaux, feminine plural notariales)

1. notarial

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.ta.ɾiˈaw/ [no.ta.ɾɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /no.taˈɾjaw/ [no.taˈɾjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.tɐˈɾjal/ [nu.tɐˈɾjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.tɐˈɾjal/ [nu.tɐˈɾjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.tɐˈɾja.li/

• Hyphenation: no‧ta‧ri‧al

Adjective

notarial m or f (plural notariais)

1. notarial

Further reading

• “notarial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “notarial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French notarial.

Adjective

notarial m or n (feminine singular notarială, masculine plural notariali, feminine/neuter plural notariale)

1. notarial

Declension

Declension of notarial

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	notarial		notarială	notariali	notariale
	definite	notarialul		notariala	notarialii	notarialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	notarial		notariale	notariali	notariale
	definite	notarialului		notarialei	notarialilor	notarialelor

Spanish

Adjective

notarial m or f (masculine and feminine plural notariales)

1. notarial

Derived terms

• notarialmente

Further reading

• “notarial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025