actional

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin āctum

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin āctiō

Old French aucionbor.

Middle English accioun

English action

English -al

English actional

From action + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈækʃənəl/

Adjective

actional (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or depicting action, especially physical action.
   • 1999, Bruce Bashford, Oscar Wilde: The Critic as Humanist, page 133:

     There is his view discussed earlier, for instance, that the actional realm is inimical to human purpose.

2. (grammar, of a verb) Depicting an action having an agent and a patient.

Derived terms

• actionality
• actionally

Translations

pertaining to action

• Portuguese: acional

Anagrams

• aconital, acontial, anticoal, lacinato