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derival

Noun CEFR B1
[dɪˈɹaɪvəɫ]

Definitions

The derivation of a word.

countable, rare, uncountable

Examples

“As to the origin of all the forms in the above list, it clearly cannot belong⟳ to English philology to do much more than indicate⟳ the source from which we received them. Their derival into French from Latin has therefore been only slightly touched upon.”
“3.4 Derival morphology […] However, in the Turfan dialect as well in the speech of some of the younger generation in Urumchi, -ŋza seems to function as a nominal derivative suffix, deriving nouns from some kin terms and adding a clear, haughty, arrogant hue, see⟳ the lexicon.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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