infinitival

1. 1.

   relating to or formed with the infinitive

   “infinitival clause”

Questions about infinitival

What does infinitival mean?

infinitival means "relating to or formed with the infinitive".

How many syllables are in infinitival?

infinitival has 5 syllables and divides as in-fi-ni-ti-val under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is infinitival a common word?

infinitival is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.