Speakur

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departmental

/dɪpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
de-part-men-tal
IPA
/dɪpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a department.

Etymology

Borrowed from French départemental. By surface analysis, department + -al. Doublet of départemental.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dɪpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/
  • British English: /dɪpɑːtˈmɛntəl/

Derived Forms

departmentalism departmentalitis departmentalization departmentalize departmentally extradepartmental intradepartmental multidepartmental predepartmental

Phrases

cross-departmental departmental store

Antonyms

non-departmental nondepartmental

Rhymes With

kennel fennel pennell fennell henle pennel kennell when'll mental environmental experimental gentle

Questions

How do you pronounce departmental?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/.
What does departmental mean?
Of or relating to a department.
Where does departmental come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce departmental

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