Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juridical

/d͡ʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: ju-ridi-cal
IPA: /d͡ʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl/

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).

Example Sentences

"...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical form, and one defines its effects as obedience."
"The influence of customary law on juridical practices is itself an index of the degree of popular ‘participation’ in the drafting of laws."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Latin iūs Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -dicus Latin iūridicusbor. English juridic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al Latin iuridicalisbor. English juridical From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: iuridicalis
Suffix: juridic

Inflected Forms

more juridical (comparative) most juridical (superlative)

Derived Forms

juridically metajuridical nonjuridical semijuridical

Phrases

juridical act juridical person

Frequently Paired Words

juridic juridicial

Synonyms

judicatory judicial judiciary juridic juridical juridicial justiciary

Questions

How do you pronounce juridical?: The recorded pronunciation is /d͡ʒʊˈɹɪdɪkəl/.
What does juridical mean?: Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).
Where does juridical come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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