Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zonal

/ˈzəʊnəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: zon-al
IPA: /ˈzəʊnəl/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Divided into zones.

adj

Related to, associated with, or similar to zones.

adj

roughly longitudinal (east to west, or west to east)

Example Sentences

"Decisions made at the DfT inevitably reflect a London-centric experience, with a comparison being made with the closure of ticket offices throughout the London Underground network. This is not judged to have been detrimental, but there is a simple zonal fares system that is hardly comparable with the range of ticket types used on the national rail network."

Etymology

First attested 1865–70, from zone + -al.

Inflected Forms

more zonal (comparative) most zonal (superlative)

Derived Forms

azonal biozonal bizonal catazonal centrizonal extrazonal geozonal interzonal intrazonal microzonal multizonal nonzonal

Phrases

zonal geranium zonal kinetic energy zonal wind

Frequently Paired Words

zonally zonary

Synonyms

zonary

Antonyms

meridional

Rhymes With

tonal monoclonal clonal atonal conal tritonal bitonal azonal bizonal

Questions

How do you pronounce zonal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzəʊnəl/.
What does zonal mean?: Divided into zones.
Where does zonal come from?: First attested 1865–70, from zone + -al.

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