commentary
/ˈkɒmənˌteɹi/KAH-muhn-teh-ree
/ˈkɑmənˌtɛɹi/KAH-muhn-teh-ree
Meaninga set of comments
Common meaning: a spoken or written description or explanation
- comwith, together
- mentthe mindLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1132 · scan
- aryending: linked with, or a place for
‘with, together’ + ‘the mind’ → commentary
Journey through time
- Latinmēns, mentis‘the mind’
- Frenchcommenter
- Englishcomment‘a remark’
- Englishformed in English from commentcommentary‘a spoken or written description or explanation’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from comment + -ary.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COMMENT, p.124 · scan
Roots
- mēns, mentis Latin “the mind”
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app