Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anthropological

/æn.θɹə.pəˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: an-thro-po-log-i-cal
IPA: /æn.θɹə.pəˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to anthropology.

Example Sentences

"Much of the film is a detached, almost anthropological, look at the lives of the women and men, both white and of color, who live in the slums and housing projects outside of Paris."
"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record."

Etymology

Etymology tree English anthropology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English anthropological From anthropology + -ical.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /æn.θɹə.pəˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/

Inflected Forms

more anthropological (comparative) most anthropological (superlative)

Derived Forms

bioanthropological ethnoanthropological nonanthropological palaeoanthropological socioanthropological

Frequently Paired Words

anthropologist

Synonyms

anthropologic

Rhymes With

etymological deontological

Questions

How do you pronounce anthropological?: The recorded pronunciation is /æn.θɹə.pəˈlɑd͡ʒikəl/.
What does anthropological mean?: Relating to anthropology.
Where does anthropological come from?: Etymology tree English anthropology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English anthropological From anthropology + -ical.

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