promotional

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US/pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/UK/pɹəˈməʊʃənəl/

adjective

Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.

“Collect five promotional vouchers to claim your prize.”

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English promotion ← Old French promocion →
CommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivepromotional (comparative more promotional, superlative most promotional)

comparative more promotional · superlative most promotional

  1. Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.

    Collect five promotional vouchers to claim your prize.

    2 more examples

    In addition to this signage there are promotional videos broadcast in English on television screens around the campus.

    2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5

    The cartoon dog made its debut in half-term week in October, featuring on promotional children's tickets as well as fun children's activities such as colouring sheets and spot the difference.

    2022 November 30, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 971, page 87
  2. Of or relating to promotion to a post of higher status.

    In some departments, tiebreakers on the promotional list are determined by who turned their application in first.

    2013, Steve Prziborowski, How To Excel At Fire Department Promotional Exams, page 83
nounpromotional (plural promotionals)

plural promotionals

  1. An advertising promotion

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  5. Proto-Italic*pro-
  6. Latinprō-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*moweō
  10. Latinmoveō
  11. Latinprōmoveō
  12. Late Latinprōmotiō
  13. Old Frenchpromocion
  14. Englishpromotion
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Englishpromotional

From promotion + -al.

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Translations

Czech propagační
  • propagačníof, or relating to a promotion
Finnish mainos-
  • mainos-of, or relating to a promotion
French publicitaire, promotionnel
  • publicitaireof, or relating to a promotion
  • promotionnelof, or relating to a promotion
Hungarian promóciós
  • promóciósof, or relating to a promotion
Japanese プロモーショナル
  • プロモーショナル (puromōshonaru)of, or relating to a promotion
Polish awansowy, promocyjny
  • awansowyof, or relating to a promotion
  • promocyjnyof, or relating to a promotion
Portuguese promocional
  • promocionalof, or relating to a promotion

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with promotional

emotionaldevotionalnotionalmotionalcommotionaldaily devotionalhyperemotionalindevotionallotionalnonemotionaloveremotionalpornographico-devotional
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Cite this entry
APA

promotional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promotional

MLA

“promotional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promotional. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “promotional,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promotional.

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