adj
Meaning 1
Relating to tides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tidal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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tīd-(ə)l
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/ˈtaɪ.d(ə)l/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪd(ə)l
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homophone: title (t-flapping)
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CMU ARPABET: T AY1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or caused by tides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- tidal wave
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From tide + -al. Probably a hybrid formation within English. Alternatively it might be from an unattested British Medieval Latin *tīdālis, derived from rare tīda, from Old English tīd. The usual Latin word for “tidal” is aestuālis.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: mareal — relating to tides
- Chinese: 潮汐 — relating to tides
- Dutch: getijde- — relating to tides
- Esperanto: tajda — relating to tides
- Finnish: vuorovesi- — relating to tides
- French: de marée — relating to tides
- French: tidal — relating to tides
- Georgian: მიქცევ-მოქცევასთან დაკავშირებული (mikcev-mokcevastan daḳavširebuli) — relating to tides
- German: Gezeiten- — relating to tides
- German: Tiden- — relating to tides
- Greek: παλιρροιακός (palirroiakós) — relating to tides
- Irish: taoidmhear — relating to tides
- Italian: di marea — relating to tides
- Italian: mareale — relating to tides
- Japanese: 潮 — relating to tides
- Korean: 간만 (ganman) — relating to tides
- Marathi: वेलीय (velīy) — relating to tides
- Marathi: भरतीआहोटीचे (bhartīāhoṭīce) — relating to tides
- Marathi: भरतीओहोटीचा (bhartīohoṭīcā) — relating to tides
- Marathi: भरतीओहोटीची (bhartīohoṭīcī) — relating to tides
- Portuguese: de maré — relating to tides
- Romanian: mareic — relating to tides
- Russian: приливный (prilivnyj) — relating to tides
- Spanish: mareal — relating to tides
- Spanish: mareomotriz — relating to tides
- Spanish: de marea — relating to tides
Real reading context