Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

environmental

/ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.70 in modern English

Syllables: en-vi-ron-men-tal
IPA: /ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the environment.

adj

Environmentally friendly.

noun

Any factor relating to the physical environment in which hardware is operated, such as the room temperature or the number of racks used to hold equipment.

Example Sentences

"That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition."
"Because consumers who are buying such productss cannot fully internalize the external utility of their purchase, prices for environmental products and other environmental innovations may be insufficiently high to cover their costs ( Kaas, 1993; Cleff and Rennings, 1999)."
"The process to enable migration from the vendor-supplied configuration to a new architecture depends on many system environmentals."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle French environnementbor. English environment English -al English environmental From environment + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/
British English: /ɪnˌvaɪ.ɹə(n)ˈmɛn.təl/

Inflected Forms

environmentals (plural)

Derived Forms

antienvironmental bioenvironmental coenvironmental environmentalism environmentalist environmentally geoenvironmental hydroenvironmental macroenvironmental microenvironmental multienvironmental nonenvironmental

Phrases

agro-environmental environmental assessment environmental audit environmental dependency syndrome environmental DNA environmental ethics environmental impact statement environmental migrant

Rhymes With

mental fundamental experimental gentle dental rental continental instrumental non-governmental accidental parental developmental

Questions

How do you pronounce environmental?: The recorded pronunciation is /ənˌvaɪ.ɚnˈmɛn.təl/.
What does environmental mean?: Pertaining to the environment.
Where does environmental come from?: Etymology tree Middle French environnementbor. English environment English -al English environmental From environment + -al.

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