Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

attitudinal

/ˌætɪˈtudɪnəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: at-ti-tu-di-nal
IPA: /ˌætɪˈtudɪnəl/

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Expressive of or pertaining to attitude.

noun

A particle that conveys the emotion, tone, mood, or feeling of the speaker.

Example Sentences

"While Noice is generally positive about the police department he thinks that there are attitudinal problems among some of the rank and file."
"The simplest way to use attitudinals is to place them at the beginning of a text. In that case, they express the speaker's prevailing attitude."

Etymology

From Italian attitudine + -al, from Latin aptitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, attitude + -al.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: aptitūdō
Suffix: -al, aptus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌætɪˈtudɪnəl/
British English: /ˌætɪˈt͡ʃuːdɪnəl/

Inflected Forms

attitudinals (plural)

Derived Forms

attitudinalism attitudinally counterattitudinal nonattitudinal

Rhymes With

longitudinal latitudinal

Questions

How do you pronounce attitudinal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌætɪˈtudɪnəl/.
What does attitudinal mean?: Expressive of or pertaining to attitude.
Where does attitudinal come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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