Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balneal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bal-neal
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to baths or to bathing

Etymology

From Latin balneum (“bath, bathing place”) + -al.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more balneal (comparative) most balneal (superlative)

Questions

What does balneal mean?
Of or pertaining to baths or to bathing
Where does balneal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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