Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

absential

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ab-sen-tial
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to absence or to that which is absent.

Example Sentences

"P denotes absential particular qualification, i.e. the particular qualification relation between an absence and its locus."
"In presenting an absential conception of liberation as strictly limited to the cessation of experience, the Mīmāmsakas face a problem."
"In both expectation and memory we find hope and mourning, traces of the absential in what is no longer and in what is yet to come. Where traditional ontology thinks of being as self~identical presence, Derrida thinks of it as a spectral ghost ..."

Etymology

In form apparently from rare Latin absentiālis; as if from absence + -ial with the ending changed as in other pairs like essence, essential.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: absentiālis

Derived Forms

absentiality

Questions

What does absential mean?: Of or pertaining to absence or to that which is absent.
Where does absential come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce absential

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “absential”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “absential”.
Repeat and practice — Say “absential” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.