Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recreational

/ɹˌɛkɹiˈeɪʃənəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: recre-ation-al
IPA: /ɹˌɛkɹiˈeɪʃənəl/

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

For, or relating to, recreation.

Example Sentences

"This is perhaps what we call recreational reading and we may be doing something useful in supplying it, if not anything strictly educational or even librarious."
"The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The crash site has been blocked to recreational boat traffic while the agency investigates, the Coast Guard official said."

Etymology

From recreation + -al.

Derived Forms

nonrecreational recreationally

Phrases

recreational diving recreational drug recreational mathematics recreational medicine recreational pharmaceutical recreational vehicle

Synonyms

rec recreative amateur unpaid

Rhymes With

educational operational organizational inspirational occupational vocational computational sensational gravitational motivational generational relational

Questions

How do you pronounce recreational?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌɛkɹiˈeɪʃənəl/.
What does recreational mean?: For, or relating to, recreation.
Where does recreational come from?: From recreation + -al.

How to pronounce recreational

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