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prandial

/ˈpɹæn.di.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

Syllables
pran-di-al
IPA
/ˈpɹæn.di.əl/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a meal, especially dinner.

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin prandialis, or Latin prandium (“late breakfast; lunch”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives). Prandium is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃mós (“first”) (from *preh₃-) + *h₁ed- (“to eat”) + Latin -ium (suffix forming nouns).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₁ed-, prandialis, prandium, *pr̥h₃mós, -ium

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpɹæn.di.əl/
  • British English: /ˈpɹæn.dɪ.əl/

Derived Forms

anteprandial interprandial periprandial postprandial postprandially prandially preprandial preprandially

Frequently Paired Words

dinnerlike

Questions

How do you pronounce prandial?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹæn.di.əl/.
What does prandial mean?
Of or pertaining to a meal, especially dinner.
Where does prandial come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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