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compartment

/kəmˈpɑːtmənt/kuhm-PAHRT-muhnt
/kəmˈpɑɹtmənt/kuhm-PAHRT-muhnt

Meaningto share

Common meaning: a separate section

Journey through time

  1. Late Latincompartire‘to share’source
  2. Italiancompartimentosource
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsto share → a partitioncompartiment‘a partition’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa partition → a separate sectioncompartment‘a separate section’ · 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: Built on Late Latin compartire ‘to share’.

Roots

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