Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

healthful

/hˈɛlθfəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
health-ful
IPA
/hˈɛlθfəl/
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of healthy (“evincing health”).

Archaic

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Etymology

From Middle English helthful, helþful, helþeful, equivalent to health + -ful.

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Inflected Forms

healthfuller (comparative) more healthful (comparative) healthfullest (superlative) most healthful (superlative) healthfull (alternative)

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Questions

How do you pronounce healthful?
The recorded pronunciation is /hˈɛlθfəl/.
What does healthful mean?
Beneficial to bodily health.
Where does healthful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce healthful

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