Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventilative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tila-tive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the functions of a ventilator; giving ventilation.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more ventilative (comparative) most ventilative (superlative)

Derived Forms

hyperventilative hypoventilative

Questions

What does ventilative mean?: Having the functions of a ventilator; giving ventilation.
Where does ventilative come from?: Etymology tree English ventilate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English ventilative From ventilate + -ive.

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