special

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
2. Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
3. Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
4. Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
5. Constituting or relating to a species.
6. Chief in excellence.
7. Of or related to unconventional warfare.
8. Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
9. Containing drugs, especially marijuana.

Noun

1. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
2. One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.
3. Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
4. (colloquial) A special constable.
5. Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
6. Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
7. A correspondent; a journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
8. A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
9. A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.

Verb

To supervise a patient one-on-one.

Concepts

spécial

particulier

extraordinaire

spécifique

exceptionnel

tout particulier

menu du jour

déterminé

précis

temporaire

séparé

à part

limité

solde

exprès

spécialité

particulière

Coupé comme

spe‧cial

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈspɛʃl̩/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English *special, especial, especiall, from Old French especial (whence also French spécial), from Latin speciālis (from speciēs). In this sense displaced native Old English synderlīċ. Doublet of especial.

Phrases

They were financed through a special celebration tax .

Ils ont été financés par une taxe de célébration spéciale.