Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

invitational

/ˌɪnvətˈeɪʃənəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
in-vi-ta-tion-al
IPA
/ˌɪnvətˈeɪʃənəl/
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving as an invitation; inviting.

adj

Restricted to participants who have been invited.

noun

An event, especially a tournament, that is restricted to invited participants

Etymology

From invitation + -al.

Inflected Forms

more invitational (comparative) most invitational (superlative) invitationals (plural)

Derived Forms

invitationally

Rhymes With

educational operational recreational organizational inspirational occupational vocational computational sensational gravitational motivational generational

Questions

How do you pronounce invitational?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnvətˈeɪʃənəl/.
What does invitational mean?
Serving as an invitation; inviting.
Where does invitational come from?
From invitation + -al.

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