Meanings
- not comparableRelating to tides.
Since then, the length of an Earth day has slowed to its present 24 hours due to the fact that the moon's gravitational pull "steals" some of energy Earth uses to spin, in addition to causing tidal friction, according to the Institute.
2025 July 22, Julia Jacobo, “July 22 will be the second-shortest day of the year, scientists say”, in ABC News
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₂itis
- Proto-Indo-European*dih₂tís
- Proto-Germanic*tīdiz
- Proto-West Germanic*tīdi
- Old Englishtīd
- Middle Englishtide
- Englishtide
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishtidal
From tide + -al. Probably a hybrid formation within English. Alternatively it might be from an unattested British Medieval Latin *tīdālis, derived from rare tīda, from Old English tīd. The usual Latin word for “tidal” is aestuālis.
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan mareal
- marealrelating to tides
Chinese 潮汐
- 潮汐relating to tides
Dutch getijde-
- getijde-relating to tides
Esperanto tajda
- tajdarelating to tides
Finnish vuorovesi-
- vuorovesi-relating to tides
French de marée, tidal
- de maréerelating to tides
- tidalrelating to tides
German Gezeiten-, Tiden-
- Gezeiten-relating to tides
- Tiden-relating to tides
Greek παλιρροιακός
- παλιρροιακός (palirroiakós)relating to tides
Irish taoidmhear
- taoidmhearrelating to tides
Italian di marea, mareale
- di marearelating to tides
- marealerelating to tides
Japanese 潮
- 潮relating to tides
Korean 간만
- 간만 (ganman)relating to tides
Portuguese de maré
- de marérelating to tides
Romanian mareic
- mareicrelating to tides
Russian приливный
- приливный (prilivnyj)relating to tides
Spanish mareal, mareomotriz
- marealrelating to tides
- mareomotrizrelating to tides
- de marearelating to tides
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tidal
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
tidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tidal
“tidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tidal.
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