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orientational

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables
ori-en-ta-tion-al
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to orientation.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Italic *oriōr Latin orior Latin orientembor. French orient Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French orienter Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French orientationbor. English orientation English -al English orientational From orientation + -al.

Derived Forms

orientationally

Questions

What does orientational mean?
Of or pertaining to orientation.
Where does orientational come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Italic *oriōr Latin orior Latin orientembor. French orient Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French orienter Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French orientationbor. English orientation English -al English orientational From orientation + -al.

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