How do you pronounce provincial?

The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/.

Where does provincial come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

provincial

/pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: pro-vin-cial
IPA: /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a province.

adj

Constituting a province.

adj

Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province.

adj

Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.

adj

Not cosmopolitan; limited in outlook; narrow; illiberal.

adj

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical province, or to the jurisdiction of an archbishop; not ecumenical.

noun

A person belonging to a province; one who is provincial.

noun

A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a province of the order.

Example Sentences

"a provincial government"
"a provincial dialect"
"More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks."
"[…] fond of exhibiting provincial airs and graces."
"That awful little Cedar Whatever is no thriving megalopolis, and you people are so provincial, it's appalling."
"a provincial synod"

Etymology

From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: provincial, prōvinciālis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/
British English: /pɹəˈvɪn(t)ʃəl/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more provincial (comparative) most provincial (superlative) provincials (plural)

Derived Forms

comprovincial ecoprovincial extraprovincial interprovincial intraprovincial multiprovincial nonprovincial provincialate provincialist provinciality provincialization provincialize

Phrases

provincial council provincial park

Frequently Paired Words

parochial insular rural

Synonyms

peasant bucolic

Rhymes With

interprovincial minshall