tidal

English

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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tīd-(ə)l, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪd(ə)l/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: title (with flapping but not Canadian raising)
• Rhymes: -aɪd(ə)l

Adjective

tidal (not comparable)

1. Relating to tides.

Derived terms

• cotidal
• intertidal
• microtidal
• peritidal
• subtidal
• tidal acceleration
• tidal air
• tidal basin
• tidal boat
• tidal bore
• tidal breath
• tidal chart
• tidal crack
• tidal current
• tidal curve
• tidal diamond
• tidal energy
• tidal flat
• tidal flow
• tidal force
• tidal harbour, tidal harbor
• tidal height
• tidal island
• tidal lag
• tidal lock
• tidal locking
• tidally
• tidal marsh
• tidal mill
• tidal node
• tidal pool
• tidal power
• tidal range
• tidal river
• tidal service
• tidal shore
• tidal stream
• tidal town
• tidal train
• tidal volume
• tidal wave

 

Related terms

• tide

Translations

relating to tides

• Catalan: mareal
• Chinese: 潮汐
• Dutch: getijde-
• Esperanto: tajda
• Finnish: vuorovesi-
• French: de marée, tidal (fr)
• Georgian: მიქცევ-მოქცევასთან დაკავშირებული (mikcev-mokcevastan daḳavširebuli)
• German: Gezeiten-, Tiden- (in compounds)
• Greek: παλιρροιακός (el) (palirroiakós)
• Irish: taoidmhear
• Italian: di marea
• Japanese: 潮
• Korean: 간만 (ko) (ganman)
• Marathi: वेलीय (velīy), भरतीआहोटीचे n (bhartīāhoṭīce), भरतीओहोटीचा m (bhartīohoṭīcā), भरतीओहोटीची f (bhartīohoṭīcī)
• Portuguese: de maré
• Russian: приливный (ru) (prilivnyj)
• Spanish: mareal

Anagrams

• Dalit, Tilda, datil, dital, latid