Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventriloquial

/vɛntɹɪˈləʊkwɪəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tril-o-quial
IPA: /vɛntɹɪˈləʊkwɪəl/

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to ventriloquy.

adj

Spoken to oneself.

adj

Of bird vocalisations, sounding as though emanating from a location other than where the vocalising bird is.

Example Sentences

"Her voice came, muffled, as if from the back of the top of his head. The ventriloquial effect was startling."
"Learn the ventriloquial alphabet: A C D E G H I J K L N O Q R S T U X Z"
"He threw half-crowns up into the air until they disappeared into the central blue, and then held a ventriloquial conversation, not in the best of taste, with the celestial spirits, who having caught the coins announced their intention of sticking to them."
"We tried this a couple of times with no luck whatsoever, partly because whipbirds are notoriously ventriloquial and we could never agree on where the call was coming from."

Etymology

From ventriloquy + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ventriloquy

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /vɛntɹɪˈləʊkwɪəl/

Inflected Forms

more ventriloquial (comparative) most ventriloquial (superlative)

Derived Forms

ventriloquially

Questions

How do you pronounce ventriloquial?: The recorded pronunciation is /vɛntɹɪˈləʊkwɪəl/.
What does ventriloquial mean?: Of or relating to ventriloquy.
Where does ventriloquial come from?: From ventriloquy + -al.

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