Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gerundial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gerun-di-al
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or behaving like a gerund.

Example Sentences

"the gerundial suffix -ing in the English language"

Etymology

From Latin gerundium + -al. By surface analysis, gerund + -ial.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: la:gerundium

Derived Forms

gerundially nongerundial

Synonyms

gerundal gerundive

Questions

What does gerundial mean?: Pertaining to or behaving like a gerund.
Where does gerundial come from?: From Latin gerundium + -al. By surface analysis, gerund + -ial.

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