Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zenithal

/ˈzi.nɪθəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: zenithal
IPA: /ˈzi.nɪθəl/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a zenith.

adj

Example Sentences

"1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 25, […] since he had last shared in the Vicarage life it had grown even more distinctly foreign to his own than usual. Its transcendental aspirations—still unconsciously based on the geocentric view of things, a zenithal paradise, a nadiral hell—were as foreign to his own as if they had been the dreams of people on another planet."

Etymology

From zenith + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈzi.nɪθəl/
British English: /ˈzɛn.ɪθəl/

Derived Forms

circumzenithal zenithally

Phrases

zenithal hourly rate zenithal passage

Questions

How do you pronounce zenithal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzi.nɪθəl/.
What does zenithal mean?: Of or pertaining to a zenith.
Where does zenithal come from?: From zenith + -al.

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