English-Dutch translations for conventional

• conventioneel
  Inhoudelijk zijn uw plannen formeel en conventioneel. It is formal, conventional in appearance.
  De financiële hulp was bovendien conventioneel van aard. Also, the financial aid was of a conventional nature.
  Er werden 210 planten geteeld, de helft gemodificeerd en de helft conventioneel. Of the 210 fields cultivated, half were modified and half were conventional.
• normaal
  In principe moeten die veiligheidstechnische aanpassingen de materiële levensduur van een kerncentrale, die normaal gesproken veertig jaar bedraagt, een stuk langer maken. In principle, this means that the life-span of the plant and technology of a conventional nuclear power station is likely to be extended by a further 40 years.
• traditiegetrouw

Definition of conventional

• Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour
• Ordinary, commonplace
• Banal, trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or clichéd
• Making use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides
• A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal

Synonyms

• typical
• canonical
• stereotypical

Examples

• They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours

Related words

• convention
• unconventional
• conventionally
• conventionalize
• conventionalise
• conventionalized
• conventionalised
• conventionalisation
• conventionality