English Online Dictionary. What means occasional? What does occasional mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English occasyonal, from Medieval Latin occāsiōnālis and Old French ocasionel. By surface analysis, occasion + -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈkeɪʒ(ə)nəl/
- Hyphenation: oc‧ca‧sion‧al
Adjective
occasional (comparative more occasional, superlative most occasional)
- Occurring or appearing irregularly from time to time, but not often; incidental.
- Created for a specific occasion.
- Intended for use as the occasion requires.
- Acting in the indicated role from time to time.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
occasional (plural occasionals)
- A person who does something only occasionally.
References
- “occasional”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “occasional”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.