Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

promotional

/pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: pro-mo-tion-al
IPA: /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.

adj

Of or relating to promotion to a post of higher status.

noun

An advertising promotion

Example Sentences

"Collect five promotional vouchers to claim your prize."
"In addition to this signage there are promotional videos broadcast in English on television screens around the campus."
"The cartoon dog made its debut in half-term week in October, featuring on promotional children's tickets as well as fun children's activities such as colouring sheets and spot the difference."
"In some departments, tiebreakers on the promotional list are determined by who turned their application in first."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin prōmotiōder. Old French promocionbor. Middle English English promotion English -al English promotional From promotion + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/
British English: /pɹəˈməʊʃənəl/

Inflected Forms

more promotional (comparative) most promotional (superlative) promotionals (plural)

Derived Forms

antipromotional copromotional nonpromotional phytopromotional promodizer promotionalism promotionally

Phrases

promotional copy self-promotional

Rhymes With

emotional devotional notional unemotional daily devotional overemotional motional nonemotional commotional lotional hyperemotional

Questions

How do you pronounce promotional?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/.
What does promotional mean?: Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.
Where does promotional come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin prōmotiōder. Old French promocionbor. Middle English English promotion English -al English promotional From promotion + -al.

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