How do you pronounce reciprocal?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/.

reciprocal

/ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: re-cip-ro-cal
IPA: /ɹɪˈsɪpɹək(ə)l/

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Meaning

adj

Of a feeling, action or such: mutual, uniformly felt or done by each party towards the other or others; two-way.

adj

Mutually interchangeable.

adj

Expressing mutual action, applied to pronouns and verbs; also in a broad sense: reflexive.

adj

Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities.

noun

The number obtained by dividing 1 by another given number; the result of exchanging the numerator and the denominator of a fraction.

noun

A construction expressing mutual action.

Example Sentences

"reciprocal love"
"reciprocal duties"
"a reciprocal invitation to lunch"
"Let our reciprocall vowes be remembred."
"These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined."
"0.5 is the reciprocal of 2."

Etymology

From Latin reciprocus, possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth, to and fro”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: reciprocus

Inflected Forms

reciprocals (plural)

Derived Forms

antireciprocal irreciprocal nonreciprocal reciprocality reciprocalization reciprocalize reciprocally reciprocalness recipromantic unreciprocal

Phrases

prime reciprocal magic square reciprocal altruism reciprocal IVF reciprocal lattice reciprocal pronoun reciprocal proportion

Frequently Paired Words

reciprocity

Synonyms

reciprocating multiplicative inverse mutual two-way contrary opposite converse inverse inverted cross reflexive commutual