Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vocational

/vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
vo-ca-tion-al
IPA
/vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a vocation.

adj

That provides a special skill rather than academic knowledge.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vocātiōnembor. Old French vocationbor. Middle English vocacioun English vocation English -al English vocational From vocation + -al.

Derived Forms

nonvocational prevocational vocationalism vocationalist vocationalization vocationalize vocationally

Phrases

vocational education vocational school vocational university

Rhymes With

educational operational recreational organizational inspirational occupational computational sensational gravitational motivational generational relational

Questions

How do you pronounce vocational?
The recorded pronunciation is /vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl/.
What does vocational mean?
Of or pertaining to a vocation.
Where does vocational come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin vocātiōnembor. Old French vocationbor. Middle English vocacioun English vocation English -al English vocational From vocation + -al.

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