Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

residential

/ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: res-i-den-tial
IPA: /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.

adj

Used as a residence or by residents.

adj

Of or pertaining to residency.

noun

A trip during which people temporarily live together.

Example Sentences

"They live in a residential neighborhood."
"There is a residential requirement for obtaining a marriage license here."
"The youth group organises annual residentials."

Inflected Forms

more residential (comparative) most residential (superlative) residentials (plural)

Derived Forms

coresidential multiresidential nonresidential residentially resimercial

Phrases

residential college residential school residential treatment

Rhymes With

potential essential non-essential presidential influential confidential differential existential exponential sequential preferential prudential

Questions

How do you pronounce residential?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌrɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/.
What does residential mean?: Of or pertaining to a place of personal residence or to a location for such places.

How to pronounce residential

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