providential
/pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence.
Example Sentences
- "The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes."
- "“Why, Jane,” he cried, “what do you mean? What has our providential rescue to do with altering your feelings toward me? You are but unstrung—tomorrow you will be yourself again.”"
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 *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videō Latin prōvideō Latin prōvidēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin prōvidentia English -al English providential From Latin prōvidentia (“providence”) + English -al.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /pɹɒvɪˈdɛnʃl̩/
Inflected Forms
more providential (comparative)
most providential (superlative)