prudential

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin prudentia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹuːˈdɛn.ʃəl/, [pɹuːˈdɛn.ʃl̩]
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɹuˈdɛn.ʃəl/, [pɹuˈdɛn.ʃl̩]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɹʉːˈden.ʃəl/, [pɹʉːˈden.ʃl̩]

Adjective[edit]

prudential (comparative more prudential, superlative most prudential)

  1. Characterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation. [from 15th c.]
  2. Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious. [from 17th c.]
  3. Advisory; superintending or executive.
    a prudential committee

Noun[edit]

prudential (plural prudentials)

  1. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) A matter requiring prudence.
    • 1853, George Godfrey Cunningham, A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, volume 2, page 426:
      I believe few men knew more of the art of policy and self-interested prudentials, but never man so little practised them.