Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

additional

/əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.98 in modern English

Syllables: ad-di-tion-al
IPA: /əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Supplemental or added to something.

noun

Something added.

Example Sentences

"additional charge"
"additional information"
"additional resources"
"You may be charged an additional fee for late payment."
"The hotel provided additional towels on request."
"Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin additionalis. By surface analysis, addition + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/
British English: /əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/

Inflected Forms

add'l (abbreviation) additionals (plural)

Derived Forms

additionality additionally nonadditional superadditional

Phrases

additional accompaniment additional time epi-

Frequently Paired Words

epi-

Synonyms

accessional accessive additional additionary adjunctive ascititious auxiliary complemental extra further subsidiary supplemental

Antonyms

nonsupplementary

Rhymes With

traditional non-traditional nutritional transitional conditional unconditional compositional nontraditional depositional untraditional

Questions

How do you pronounce additional?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈdɪ.ʃə.nəl/.
What does additional mean?: Supplemental or added to something.
Where does additional come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin additionalis. By surface analysis, addition + -al.

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