Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

natational

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nata-tion-al
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to swimming.

Example Sentences

"Our discussion that day about natational inspiration (the drawing of breath into the lungs while swimming) led to dialogue about of the rheoology^([sic]) of poetic inspiration."

Etymology

From natation + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: natation

Questions

What does natational mean?: Relating to swimming.
Where does natational come from?: From natation + -al.

How to pronounce natational

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