Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

territorial

/ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.91 in modern English

Syllables: ter-ri-to-ri-al
IPA: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.

adj

Of or relating to geography or territory.

adj

Organized for home defence - such as the Territorial Army.

adj

Displaying territoriality.

noun

A non-professional member of a territorial army.

Example Sentences

"Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated ; occupied territories restored ; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality ; and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into."
"Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc."
"The territorials initiated about as many ground contacts (7,175) as the communists initiated against them (7,391) and more than those initiated by the army. As expected, the enemy attacked the territorials almost three times as often as it did the army."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territorium; equivalent to territory + -al.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *ters-, territorialis, territorium
Suffix: territory

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/
British English: /ˌtɛɹ.ɪˈtɔː.ɹi.əl/

Inflected Forms

more territorial (comparative) most territorial (superlative) territorials (plural)

Derived Forms

antiterritorial aterritorial biterritorial deterritorial ethnoterritorial exterritorial extraterritorial infraterritorial interterritorial intraterritorial nonterritorial panterritorial

Phrases

territorial authority territorial collectivity territorial integrity territorial justice territorial matrix territorial pissing territorial sea territorial water

Synonyms

territorial reserve

Rhymes With

memorial editorial tutorial pictorial equatorial senatorial dictatorial directorial prosecutorial immemorial conspiratorial curatorial

Questions

How do you pronounce territorial?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɛɹ.əˈtɔɹ.i.əl/.
What does territorial mean?: Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific geographic area, or territory.
Where does territorial come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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