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optional

English

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Etymology

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From option +‎ -al.

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Adjective

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optional (not comparable)

  1. Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.
    Synonyms: facultative; see also Thesaurus:optional
    Antonyms: compulsory, mandatory, obligatory; see also Thesaurus:compulsory
    On that beach clothing is entirely optional.
    • 2004, Paula Begoun, The Complete Beauty Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Smart Beauty, Rodale Inc., →ISBN, page 419:
      Do you need to wear eyeliner? As with any makeup step, eyeliner is completely optional. From an artistic perspective, if you are wearing eyeshadow, I almost always recommend wearing eyeliner, unless your eyelids and eyelashes are obscured by the eyebrow area. Eyeliner is a basic part of an eye-makeup design because it shapes and defines the eyes and makes the eyelashes look thicker.

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  • → Dutch: optioneel

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Noun

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optional (plural optionals)

  1. Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
  2. (programming, sometimes capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.
    • 2015, Richard M Reese, Learning Java Functional Programming, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 147:
      In functional languages, there is a data type called the option type, also called the maybe type. Its purpose is to encapsulate a value, which is returned from a function. […] In Java 8, the Optional class has been added to serve as an option type.

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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optional (strong nominative masculine singular optionaler, not comparable)

  1. optional

Declension

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Positive forms of optional (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist optional sie ist optional es ist optional sie sind optional
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative optionaler optionale optionales optionale
genitive optionalen optionaler optionalen optionaler
dative optionalem optionaler optionalem optionalen
accusative optionalen optionale optionales optionale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der optionale die optionale das optionale die optionalen
genitive des optionalen der optionalen des optionalen der optionalen
dative dem optionalen der optionalen dem optionalen den optionalen
accusative den optionalen die optionale das optionale die optionalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein optionaler eine optionale ein optionales (keine) optionalen
genitive eines optionalen einer optionalen eines optionalen (keiner) optionalen
dative einem optionalen einer optionalen einem optionalen (keinen) optionalen
accusative einen optionalen eine optionale ein optionales (keine) optionalen

Further reading

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  • “optional” in Duden online
  • “optional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English optional.

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Noun

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optional m (invariable)

  1. optional accessory
  2. handicap (horse racing)

References

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  1. ^ optional in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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