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Webster 1913 Edition

Educational

Edˊu-ca′tion-al

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Adj.

Of or pertaining to education.

“His educational establishment.”

J. H. Newman.

Webster 1828 Edition

Educational

EDUCA'TIONAL

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Adj.

Pertaining to education; derived from education; as educational habits.

Definition 2024

educational

educational

English

Adjective

educational ‎(comparative more educational, superlative most educational)

Of, or relating to education.
A school is an educational establishment.
Instructive, or helping to educate.
They were shown an educational film about VD.

Derived terms

educationalist
ejamacational

Synonyms

(helping to educate): educative

Translations

Of or pertaining to education

Albanian: arsimor (sq), arsimtar (sq), mësimor (sq)
Bengali: শিক্ষামূলক ‎(shikkhamulôk)
Catalan: educatiu (ca)
Czech: vzdělávací, výchovný
Dutch: opvoedkundig, onderwijskundig (nl)
French: éducatif (fr)
Georgian: საგანმანათლებლო ‎(saganmanatleblo)
Greek: εκπαιδευτικός (el) ‎(ekpaideftikós)
Hebrew: חינוכי ‎(khinukhí)

Irish: oideachasúil, oideachais, oideasach
Italian: educativo (it)
Japanese: 教育上の ‎(kyōikujō no)
Maltese: edukazzjonali, edukattiv
Manx: ynsee
Portuguese: educacional (pt), educativo (pt)
Russian: образова́тельный (ru) ‎(obrazovátelʹnyj), уче́бный (ru) ‎(učébnyj)
Spanish: educativo (es) m, educacional (es)
Welsh: addysgol (cy)

Instructive

Catalan: didàctic
Hebrew: חינוכי ‎(khinukhí)
Japanese: 教育的な ‎(kyōikuteki na)

Manx: ynsee
Portuguese: educativo (pt)
Russian: образова́тельный (ru) ‎(obrazovátelʹnyj), воспита́тельный (ru) ‎(vospitátelʹnyj), уче́бный (ru) ‎(učébnyj)

Noun

educational ‎(plural educationals)

A free (or low cost) trip for travel consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service. A fam trip