Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passional

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: pas-sion-al
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a book describing sufferings of martyrs

adj

characterized by passion

Example Sentences

"1957: the promise of a release in her passional self — Lawrence Durrell, Justine, p.71 (Faber)"

Etymology

From Middle English passional, from Late Latin passiōnālis; equivalent to passion + -al.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: passional, passiōnālis
Suffix: passion

Inflected Forms

passionals (plural) more passional (comparative) most passional (superlative)

Rhymes With

national international rational non-rational irrational multinational transnational supranational subnational binational birational antinational

Questions

What does passional mean?: a book describing sufferings of martyrs
Where does passional come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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