tidal
Syllables: ti·dal/ˈtaɪ.d(ə)l/
tidal adjective: relating to tides.
Adjective
tidal (not comparable)
- Relating to tides.
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tidal meaning in Tamil and Marathi
tidal in Tamil
- வேலை ஏற்ற இறக்கஞ் சார்ந்த, வேலை ஏற்ற இறக்கத்தினால் இயக்கப்படுகிற, ஏற்ற இறக்கமுடைய, பொங்குதலும் வடித உடைய
tidal in Marathi
- relating to tides
- वेलीय velīy, भरतीआहोटीचे bhartīāhoṭīce, भरतीओहोटीचा bhartīohoṭīcā, भरतीओहोटीची bhartīohoṭīcī
Examples of tidal in a sentence
- The last tidal wave here killed twenty and left thousands homeless.
- As the doors opened, a tidal wave of people flooded into the room.
- The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
Origin of tidal
From tide + -al. Probably a hybrid formation within English. Alternatively it might be from an unattested British Medieval Latin *tīdālis, derived from rare tīda, from Old English tīd. The usual Latin word for “tidal” is aestuālis.
Words formed from tidal
- cotidal
- end-tidal
- extratidal
- intertidal
- intratidal
- macrotidal
- megatidal
- mesotidal
- microtidal
- mutual tidal locking
- nontidal
- palaeotidal
- peritidal
- subtidal
- supertidal
- supratidal
- tidal acceleration
- tidal air
- tidal basin
- tidal boat
- tidal bore
- tidal breath
- tidal chart
- tidal crack
- tidal current
- tidal curve
- tidal diamond
- tidal energy
- tidal flat
- tidal flood
- tidal flow
- tidal force
- tidal harbour
- tidal harbor
- tidal height
- tidal island
- tidalite
- tidality
- tidal lag
- tidal lock
- tidal locking
- tidally
- tidal marsh
- tidal mill
- tidal node
- tidal pond
- tidal pool
- tidal power
- tidal range
- tidal river
- tidal service
- tidal shore
- tidal stream
- tidal surge
- tidal town
- tidal train
- tidal volume
- tidal wave
- untidal
Phrases with tidal
- tidal bores
- tidal flats
- tidal locks
- tidal mills
- tidal nodes
- tidal ponds
- tidal pools
- tidal waves
- tidal basins
- tidal floods
- tidal forces
- tidal ranges
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Words that rhyme with tidal
Questions about tidal
- What does tidal mean?
- Tidal means relating to tides.
- What is tidal in Tamil?
- Tidal in Tamil is வேலை ஏற்ற இறக்கஞ் சார்ந்த, வேலை ஏற்ற இறக்கத்தினால் இயக்கப்படுகிற, ஏற்ற இறக்கமுடைய. See Tidal meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tidal?
- Tidal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tidal?
- Tidal is pronounced /ˈtaɪ.d(ə)l/.
Words near tidal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tidal (page history and authors); tidal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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