Meanings
comparative more informational · superlative most informational
- Designed to or able to impart information; possessing information.
The subway map was quite informational, allowing us to determine the most efficient route to our destination.
2 more examples
This exercise gave students an insight into [...] how lexicographers work with unfamiliar lexis, and the informational sources that lexicographers use to construct dictionaries.
2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 145Ukrainian Khortytsia Group of Forces Spokesperson Major Viktor Trehubov stated on June 15 that Russian forces are likely moving toward Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in an effort to achieve “political goals”- likely meaning informational objectives meant to shape international opinion about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
2025 June 16, Anna Harvey, Angelica Evans, Daria Novikov, Christina Harward, Jessica Sobieski, George Barros, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 16, 2025”, in Ukraine Project, Institute for the Study of War
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
- Latinfōrma
- Latinfōrmō
- Latinīnfōrmō
- Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
- Middle Englishenformacioun
- Englishinformation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishinformational
From information + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَعْلُومَاتِيّ
- مَعْلُومَاتِيّ (maʕlūmātiyy)giving, related to information
Catalan orientatiu
- orientatiugiving, related to information
French informationnel
- informationnelgiving, related to information
Hungarian információs
- információsgiving, related to information
Polish informacyjny
- informacyjnygiving, related to information
Romanian informațional
- informaționalgiving, related to information
Russian информацио́нный
- информацио́нный (informaciónnyj)giving, related to information
Ukrainian інформаці́йний
- інформаці́йний (informacíjnyj)giving, related to information
Cite this entry
informational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informational
“informational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informational. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “informational,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informational.
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