Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rehabilitative

/ɹˌihəbˈɪlətˌeɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables
re-ha-bil-i-ta-tive
IPA
/ɹˌihəbˈɪlətˌeɪtɪv/
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to rehabilitate.

adj

For the purpose of rehabilitation.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English rehabilitate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English rehabilitative From rehabilitate + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more rehabilitative (comparative) most rehabilitative (superlative)

Derived Forms

neurorehabilitative nonrehabilitative rehabilitatively rehabilitativeness

Synonyms

reconstructive

Questions

How do you pronounce rehabilitative?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌihəbˈɪlətˌeɪtɪv/.
What does rehabilitative mean?
Tending to rehabilitate.
Where does rehabilitative come from?
Etymology tree English rehabilitate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English rehabilitative From rehabilitate + -ive.

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