conventional
/kənˈvenʃənəl/kuhn-VEN-shuh-nuhl
/kənˈvɛnʃənəl/kuhn-VEN-shuh-nuhl
Meaningrelating to convention
Common meaning: ordinary and traditional
- conventiona coming togetherSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 133 · scan
- aladjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Latinconventionemsource
- Frenchconvention‘a covenant, contract’source
- Englishconvention‘an agreement’
- Englishformed in English from conventionconventional‘ordinary and traditional’ · 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
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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 convention + -al.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CONVENTION, p.133 · scan
Source words
- conventionem Latin · source word “a coming together”
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