How do you pronounce regional?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹi.d͡ʒə.nəl/.

regional

/ˈɹi.d͡ʒə.nəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: re-gion-al
IPA: /ˈɹi.d͡ʒə.nəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.

adj

Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.

adj

Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.

adj

Of a state or other geographic area, denoting those parts that are not metropolitan but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.

Australian usage

noun

An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: intraregional, locoregional"
"regional playoffs"
"regional rainfall patterns"
"regional language variation"
"Near-synonym: locoregional"
"regional nerve block"

Etymology

From Middle French régional, from Latin regiōnālis.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₃reǵ-, régional, regiōnālis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɹi.d͡ʒə.nəl/
British English: /ˈɹiː.d͡ʒə.nəl/

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

regionals (plural)

Derived Forms

aregional bioregional biregional ecoregional extraregional georegional interregional intraregional macroregional megaregional microregional midregional

Phrases

Capital Regional District complex regional pain syndrome inter-regional regional converter regional county municipality regional economics regional insourcing regional jet

Frequently Paired Words

local localized municipal interregional transregional national nationwide countrywide

Synonyms

diatopic intraregional locoregional

Antonyms

systemic bodywide