Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

representational

/ɹˌɛpɹəzəntˈeɪʃənəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables
rep-re-sen-ta-tion-al
IPA
/ɹˌɛpɹəzəntˈeɪʃənəl/
18
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to representation or to representationalism.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English presentation English representation English -al English representational From representation + -al.

Inflected Forms

more representational (comparative) most representational (superlative)

Derived Forms

antirepresentational metarepresentational nonrepresentational representationalism representationalist representationalistic representationally

Phrases

non-representational representational state transfer

Rhymes With

educational operational recreational organizational inspirational occupational vocational computational sensational gravitational motivational generational

Questions

How do you pronounce representational?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˌɛpɹəzəntˈeɪʃənəl/.
What does representational mean?
Of or pertaining to representation or to representationalism.
Where does representational come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English presentation English representation English -al English representational From representation + -al.

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