remedial

English

Etymology

From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/
  • (Indic)
    • IPA(key): /ˈrɛməɖɪjəl/ (non-stress-shift from remedy)
    • IPA(key): /rɪˈmiɖ(ɪ)jəl/, /-ˈme-/
  • Rhymes: -iːdiəl

Adjective

remedial (comparative more remedial, superlative most remedial)

  1. curative; providing a remedy
  2. intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

remedial (plural remedials)

  1. (education) A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from Dutch remediaal, from Middle French remedial, from Late Latin remediālis. Displaced earlier hereksamen.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian)
    • IPA(key): /rɛməˈdial/ [rɛ.məˈdi.al]
    • IPA(key): /rɛmɛˈdial/ [rɛ.mɛˈdi.al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: re‧me‧di‧al

Adjective

remedial (comparative lebih remedial, superlative paling remedial)

  1. (education) remedial; intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject.
    Synonym: pengulangan
  2. (uncommon) curative; providing a remedy.

Noun

remedial (uncountable)

  1. (education, by extension) A retake exam or assignment; resit.
    Synonyms: her, hereksamen (rare), ujian ulang

Alternative forms

  • remed (apocopic)

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /remeˈdjal/ [re.meˈð̞jal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: re‧me‧dial

Adjective

remedial m or f (masculine and feminine plural remediales)

  1. remedial