reverberatory
/ɹɪˈvɜːb(ə)ɹət(ə)ɹi/adjective, noun
reverberatory is an adjective meaning “Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-V-E-R-B-E-R-A-T-O-R-Y, and it appears about once in every 37 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reverberatory mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection.
noun
- 1
A reverberatory furnace.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reverberatory?
- UK /ɹɪˈvɜːb(ə)ɹət(ə)ɹi/
- UK /ɹɪˈvɜːbət(ə)ɹi/
- UK /ɹɪˈvɜːbəˌɹeɪt(ə)ɹi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reverberatory
- more reverberatory comparative
- most reverberatory superlative
- reverbatory
- reverberatories plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reverberatory?
Reverberatory appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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).
Where does reverberatory come from?
Borrowed from New Latin reverberatorius; by surface analysis, reverberate + -ory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).