Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bathyal

/ˈbæθi.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: bathyal
IPA: /ˈbæθi.əl/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres

Example Sentences

"Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids."

Etymology

From bathy- + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bathy-

Phrases

bathyal zone

Questions

How do you pronounce bathyal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæθi.əl/.
What does bathyal mean?: Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres
Where does bathyal come from?: From bathy- + -al.

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