compartmental
/kəmˌpɑːtˈmentəl/kuhm-pahrt-MEN-tuhl
/kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəl/kuhm-pahrt-MEN-tuhl
Meaningrelating to compartment
Common meaning: relating to compartment (inferred)
- compartmentto shareSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 102 · scan
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Late Latincompartire‘to share’source
- Italiancompartimentosource
- Frenchcompartiment‘a partition’source
- Englishcompartment‘a separate section’
- Englishformed in English from compartmentcompartmental‘relating to compartment (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: relating to compartment. It can be inferred from any of: compartment.
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from compartment + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Source words
- compartire Late Latin · source word “to share”
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