periodical

C2+ Topic:Media & Publishing

US /ˌpɪriˈɑdɪkəl/ UK /ˌpɪəriˈɒdɪkəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a magazine or journal published at regular intervals

She subscribed to a literary periodical issued each quarter.

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Etymology

From periodic + -al, from Greek periodikos, from periodos ('a cycle, circuit'), from peri- ('around') + hodos ('way, road').

periodos Ancient Greek peri Ancient Greek hodos Ancient Greek

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Media & Publishing Word Formation & Derivatives Register & Style

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# periodical

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌpɪriˈɑdɪkəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌpɪəriˈɒdɪkəl/

## Meanings
1. a magazine or journal published at regular intervals

## Examples
- She subscribed to a literary periodical issued each quarter.

## Synonyms
- magazine
- journal
- review
- bulletin
- gazette
- serial

## Derived Forms
- periodically

## Related Forms
- period
- periodic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: periodos
- Root: peri
- Root: hodos

## Etymology
From periodic + -al, from Greek periodikos, from periodos ('a cycle, circuit'), from peri- ('around') + hodos ('way, road').

## AI Etymology
Periodical is from periodic + -al, from Greek periodikos, from periodos ('a cycle, circuit'), from peri- ('around') + hodos ('way, road'). Important recorded forms include periodos (Ancient Greek), peri (Ancient Greek), and hodos (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a magazine or journal published at regular intervals. The wider family includes derived forms such as periodically and related words such as period and periodic.

## Topics
- Media & Publishing
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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