Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quadragesimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quadra-ges-i-mal
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That lasts forty days

adj

Belonging to Lent; used in Lent; Lenten

adj

Of, related to, or based on the number forty.

Etymology

From Quadragesima + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Quadragesima

Questions

What does quadragesimal mean?: That lasts forty days
Where does quadragesimal come from?: From Quadragesima + -al.

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