Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intervenient

/ɪntəˈviːnɪənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-ve-nient
IPA: /ɪntəˈviːnɪənt/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being only in between other more important things; secondary, incidental.

adj

Intervening, interceding, placed or coming between.

noun

One who intervenes.

Example Sentences

"We are confronted by two intervenient facts of significant importance."
"The massive slopes rose on every hand; from deep intervenient ravines came now and then silver gleams of mountain torrents among the crags and the pines."
"The Norfolk Grammar School had two sessions "with a short intervenient recess.""
"One intervenient said that whereas we cannot prevent tourism, we can at least try to minimize the impact and the destabilizing effects."

Etymology

From the present participle stem of Latin intervenīre.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪntəˈviːnɪənt/

Inflected Forms

intervenients (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce intervenient?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪntəˈviːnɪənt/.
What does intervenient mean?: Being only in between other more important things; secondary, incidental.
Where does intervenient come from?: From the present participle stem of Latin intervenīre.

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