educational

English

Etymology

From education +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/, /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛd͡ʒəˈkeɪʃənəl/, /ˌɛd͡ʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

educational (comparative more educational, superlative most educational)

1. Of, or relating to education.

   A school is an educational establishment.

2. Instructive, or helping to educate.

   They were shown an educational film about VD.

   I can't see the educational value of going on a field trip to the clothes factory.

Synonyms

• (helping to educate): educative, instructive, didactic

Hyponyms

• self-educational

Derived terms

Prefixed forms

• antieducational
• countereducational
• neuroeducational
• noneducational
• pseudoeducational
• psychoeducational
• socioeducational

 

Other derivations

• edtech
• educational institution
• educationalism
• educationalist
• educationalize
• educationally
• educational psychology
• educational visit
• edutorial
• ejamacational

 

Translations

of or pertaining to education

Afrikaans: opvoedkundig Albanian: arsimor (sq), arsimtar (sq), mësimor (sq) Armenian: կրթական (hy) (krtʻakan) Bengali: তালিমী (bn) (talimi), শিক্ষামূলক (bn) (śikkhamulok) Catalan: educatiu (ca) Czech: vzdělávací (cs), výchovný (cs) Danish: uddannelses-, uddannelsesmæssig, pædagogisk Dutch: opvoedkundig (nl), onderwijskundig (nl) French: éducatif (fr) Friulian: educatîf Galician: educativo (gl) Georgian: საგანმანათლებლო (saganmanatleblo) German: Bildungs-, pädagogisch (de), edukativ (rare) Greek: εκπαιδευτικός (el) (ekpaideftikós) Ancient: παιδευτικός (paideutikós) Hebrew: חינוכי (khinukhí) Hungarian: oktatási (hu), nevelési (hu), oktatás- (hu), nevelés- (hu), iskola- (hu), tan- (hu) Irish: oideachasúil, oideachais, oideasach Italian: educativo (it) Japanese: 教育上の (kyōikujō no) Maltese: edukazzjonali, edukattiv Manx: ynsee Norwegian: Bokmål: pedagogisk Nynorsk: pedagogisk Occitan: educatiu (oc) Plautdietsch: belierungswieet Polish: edukacyjny (pl) Portuguese: educacional (pt), educativo (pt) Russian: образова́тельный (ru) (obrazovátelʹnyj), уче́бный (ru) (učébnyj) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: kubłański Spanish: educativo (es), educacional (es) Ukrainian: осві́тній (osvítnij), навча́льний (uk) (navčálʹnyj) Welsh: addysgol (cy)

instructive

Afrikaans: opvoedkundig Armenian: ուսուցողական (hy) (usucʻoġakan) Catalan: didàctic Danish: lærerig German: lehrreich (de) Hebrew: חינוכי (khinukhí) Hungarian: oktató (hu), ismeretterjesztő (hu) Italian: istruttivo (it) Japanese: 教育的な (kyōikuteki na) Manx: ynsee Norwegian: Bokmål: lærerik Nynorsk: lærerik Portuguese: educativo (pt) Russian: образова́тельный (ru) (obrazovátelʹnyj), воспита́тельный (ru) (vospitátelʹnyj), уче́бный (ru) (učébnyj)

Noun

educational (plural educationals)

1. A free (or low cost) trip for travel consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service. A fam trip