Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

utile

/ˈjuː.taɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: utile
IPA: /ˈjuː.taɪl/

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic

noun

A theoretical unit of measure of utility, for indicating a supposed quantity of satisfaction derived from an economic transaction.

Example Sentences

"technologists (the so-called Eggheads) all over the world were trying to make publicly utile and commercially rewarding the extremely elaborate and still very expensive, hydrodynamic telephones and other miserable gadgets […]"
"Rational agents always maximize the number of utiles procured; that is, they will always choose those outcomes which promise to produce the most utiles."
"[T]he ‘happiness utile’ does not exist, at least not yet."

Etymology

From Middle French utile, from Old French utele, from Latin ūtilis.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: utile, utele, ūtilis

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈjuː.taɪl/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more utile (comparative) most utile (superlative) utiles (plural)

Derived Forms

nonutile

Frequently Paired Words

utility

Synonyms

hedon util useful

Antonyms

inutile see more at unuseful

Questions

How do you pronounce utile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuː.taɪl/.
What does utile mean?: Useful.
Where does utile come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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