English pronunciation · Words Starting with M
Medicinal Pronunciation
Medicinal is pronounced muh-DI-suh-nuhl, IPA /məˈdɪsənəl/.
muh-DI-suh-nuhl
US /məˈdɪsənəl/ · UK /ˈmɛdɪˌsɪnəl/
Syllables: muh · DI · suh · nuhl (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Having healing properties, or relating to medicine.
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Medicinal in a Sentence
- The plant has medicinal uses in several countries.
- He keeps a bottle for medicinal purposes.
- There is a medicinal taste to the water here.
Common Mispronunciations of Medicinal
Not ME-di-si-nuhl
Medicine leads with its beat, but hanging the al ending on the end drags that beat onto DI.
Not muh-DI-si-nal
Both closing beats lose their vowels and run suh-nuhl, so nothing is spelled out at the end.
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