Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-meal

/miːl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: -meal
IPA: /miːl/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.

suffix

Denotes a powder made of ground cereal.

Example Sentences

"wordmeal (“one word at a time, word by word”)"

Etymology

From Middle English -mele, from Old English -mǣlum (“at times”), from Proto-Germanic *mēlamiz, instrumental case of Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure; time”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -moal, Dutch -maal, German Low German -maal, German -mal. More at meal.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: -mele, -mǣlum, *mēlamiz, *mēlą, mele, melu

Derived Forms

bitmeal dropmeal flockmeal footmeal heapmeal inchmeal leafmeal littlemeal pagemeal piecemeal stepmeal stoundmeal

Rhymes With

ye'll overpeel feale lifesteal

Questions

How do you pronounce -meal?: The recorded pronunciation is /miːl/.
What does -meal mean?: Used to denote a fixed number, measure, or amount at a time.
Where does -meal come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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