Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

congressional

/kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: con-gres-sion-al
IPA: /kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl/

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a congress.

adj

Of or pertaining to the United States Congress.

Example Sentences

"That the Oath Keepers recording went uninvestigated by the FBI until after January 6 is an “additional piece of information that congressional investigators in particular on the January 6th committee and the other Homeland Security committees should be looking at to determine whether or not the FBI and other law enforcement organizations were doing enough on the prevention side,” Cordero told CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Tuesday."

Etymology

From congression + -al.

Inflected Forms

more congressional (comparative) most congressional (superlative)

Derived Forms

congressionally precongressional uncongressional

Phrases

congressional delegation congressional district congressional fellow

Rhymes With

professional non-professional unprofessional confessional processional concessional obsessional nonprofessional

Questions

How do you pronounce congressional?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəŋˈɡɹɛ.ʃə.nəl/.
What does congressional mean?: Of or relating to a congress.
Where does congressional come from?: From congression + -al.

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