Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

départemental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-parte-men-tal
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a département.

Example Sentences

"The départemental council plays the role of counsellor and programme co-ordinator as was the case in the Département of Hérault."
"Many départemental archives in France have digitized civil, parish, and census records and have made them available online for free viewing."
"On the other hand, the political–territorial pattern has been maintained but also redirected at the départemental level by the transformation of former ministerial départemental directorates into inter-ministerial units, under the supervision of the prefects of the département."

Etymology

From French départemental. Doublet of departmental.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: départemental

Questions

What does départemental mean?: Of or relating to a département.
Where does départemental come from?: It is traced to French.

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