Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

presidial

/pɹɪˈsɪdɪ.əl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-sidi-al
IPA: /pɹɪˈsɪdɪ.əl/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial.

adj

Pertaining to a president or one who presides; presidential.

adj

Having or relating to a garrison.

Example Sentences

"the doorway was vacant save for a large brindled cur that stood upon the threshold, wagging his tail and watching the scene with a suave, indulgent, presidial gaze, as if he were the patron of the ball."
"There are three presidial castles in this city."

Etymology

From Middle French presidial, from Latin praesidialis, variant of praesidalis, from praeses (“provincial governor”).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: presidial

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pɹɪˈsɪdɪ.əl/

Inflected Forms

more presidial (comparative) most presidial (superlative) præsidial (alternative)

Derived Forms

presidially

Synonyms

presidiary

Questions

How do you pronounce presidial?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹɪˈsɪdɪ.əl/.
What does presidial mean?: Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial.
Where does presidial come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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