Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Of, or relating to a mode or modus. · Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause. · Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music. · In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 4) proposition. · A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 2) form, notably a modal auxiliary. · A modal verb. · A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 7) window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
From Middle French modal, from Medieval Latin modālis (“pertaining to a mode”), from Latin modus (“mode”). Compare to French, Spanish, and Portuguese modal and Italian modale. By surface analysis, mod(e) + -al.
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