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ceremonial

cer·e·mo·ni·al/ˌsɛɹɪˈmoʊniəl/adjective, noun

ceremonial is spelled C-E-R-E-M-O-N-I-A-L: 10 letters and 5 syllables (cer·e·mo·ni·al). It appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, ceremonial means “Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ceremonial?

Letters10: C-E-R-E-M-O-N-I-A-L
Syllables5: cer·e·mo·ni·al
In writing3.1 times per million words; the 15,146th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is ceremonial?

Ceremonial appears 3.1 times per million words in written English, the 15,146th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce ceremonial?

  • UK /ˌsɛɹɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/
  • US /ˌsɛɹɪˈmoʊniəl/
  • Australia /ˌseɹɪˈməʉniəl/

Ceremonial has 5 syllables, split cer·e·mo·ni·al in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-ceremonial.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with ceremonial?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ceremonial from its last stressed vowel (/oʊniəl/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of ceremonial

  • more ceremonial comparative
  • most ceremonial superlative
  • cæremonial
  • ceremonials plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does ceremonial mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.

  2. 2

    Used only for the purpose of ceremony; symbolic.

  3. 3

    obsoleteSynonym of ceremonious (“of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious”).

noun

  1. 1

    A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Ceremonial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcérémonial (of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a…)
Germanzeremoniell (of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a…)
Portuguesecerimonial (of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a…), ritual (a ceremony, or series of ceremonies)
Spanishceremonial (of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does ceremonial come from?

From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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