Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frictional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
fric-tion-al
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or caused by, friction.

adj

Involving conflict or difficulties

Example Sentences

Etymology

From friction + -al.

Derived Forms

antifrictional frictionally magnetofrictional

Phrases

frictional blight frictional unemployment

Synonyms

frictive frictious

Questions

What does frictional mean?
Relating to, or caused by, friction.
Where does frictional come from?
From friction + -al.

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