informational

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UK/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃənəl/Canada, US/ˌɪnfɚˈmeɪʃənəl/Australia/ˌɪnfəˈmæɪʃənəl/

adjective

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.”

CommonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveinformational (comparative more informational, superlative most informational)

comparative more informational · superlative most informational

  1. 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 145

    Ukrainian 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Ancient Greekμορφή (morphḗ)der.?
  6. Latinfōrma
  7. Latinfōrmō
  8. Latinīnfōrmō
  9. Late Latinīnfōrmātiō
  10. Middle Englishenformacioun
  11. Englishinformation
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishinformational

From information + -al.

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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
APA

informational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informational

MLA

“informational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informational. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “informational,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/informational.

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