How do you pronounce textual?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/.

Where does textual come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

textual

/ˈtɛks.tju.əl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English

Syllables: tex-tu-al
IPA: /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/

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Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to text.

adj

Of or pertaining to text.

adj

Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.

Example Sentences

"On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism."
"I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes."

Etymology

From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: textewell, textuālis, textus, -el

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/

Inflected Forms

more textual (comparative) most textual (superlative) textuall (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

antitextual atextual cotextual countertextual cybertextual extratextual hypertextual intertextual intratextual macrotextual metatextual microtextual

Phrases

textual criticism

Frequently Paired Words

contextual textuary paratextual peritextual epitextual subtextual

Rhymes With

contextual