remedial

English

Etymology

From Latin remediālis. By surface analysis, remedy +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmiː.dɪəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmi.di.əl/

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• Rhymes: -iːdiəl

Adjective

remedial (comparative more remedial, superlative most remedial)

1. curative; providing a remedy
2. intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject

Derived terms

• bioremedial
• nonremedial
• phytoremedial
• postremedial
• remedially
• remedialness

Related terms

• remediable
• remediation
• remedy

Translations

curative; providing a remedy

• Bulgarian: лечебен (bg) (lečeben), лекуващ (bg) (lekuvašt)
• Hungarian: gyógyító (hu), gyógyhatású (hu), gyógy- (hu)
• Italian: curativo (it), terapeutico (it)
• Norwegian: bøtende, helbredende, legende (no)
• Spanish: remediador

intended to correct or improve deficient skills

• Bulgarian: поправящ (bg) (popravjašt), поправителен (bg) (popravitelen)
• German: Nachhilfe- (de), -nachhilfe (de) f
• Hungarian: gyógy- (hu)
• Italian: recuperabile
• Norwegian: hjelpe-

Noun

remedial (plural remedials)

1. (education) A pupil enrolled in special classes to improve deficient skills.

Anagrams

• remailed

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from Dutch remediaal, from Middle French remedial, from Late Latin remediālis. Displaced earlier hereksamen.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /rɛməˈdial/ [rɛ.məˈdi.al]
  • IPA^(key): /rɛmɛˈdial/ [rɛ.mɛˈdi.al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧me‧di‧al

Adjective

remedial (comparative lebih remedial, superlative paling remedial)

1. (education) remedial; intended to remediate (i.e., correct or improve) deficient skills in some subject.

   Synonym: pengulangan

2. (uncommon) curative; providing a remedy.

Noun

remedial (plural remedial-remedial)

1. (education, by extension) A retake exam or assignment; resit.

   Synonyms: her, hereksamen (rare), ujian ulang

Alternative forms

• remed (apocopic)

Related terms

• remedi

Further reading

• “remedial”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remeˈdjal/ [re.meˈð̞jal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: re‧me‧dial

Adjective

remedial m or f (masculine and feminine plural remediales)

1. remedial