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evidential

/ˌɛ.vɪˈdən.t͡ʃəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
ev-i-den-tial
IPA
/ˌɛ.vɪˈdən.t͡ʃəl/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or providing evidence.

noun

A syntactic element (affix, clitic, or particle) that indicates evidentiality.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēvidentiālis, from Latin ēvidentia + -ālis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ēvidentiālis, ēvidentia

Inflected Forms

more evidential (comparative) most evidential (superlative) evidentials (plural)

Derived Forms

evidentialism evidentialist evidentialistic evidentiality evidentially nonevidential unevidential

Frequently Paired Words

evident evidently

Synonyms

evidentiary

Questions

How do you pronounce evidential?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛ.vɪˈdən.t͡ʃəl/.
What does evidential mean?
Of or providing evidence.
Where does evidential come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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