departmental
/dɪˌpɑːtˈmenəl/dih-pahrt-MEH-nuhl
/dɪˌpɑɹtˈmɛnəl/dih-pahrt-MEH-nuhl
Meaningrelating to department
Common meaning: relating to department (inferred)
- dedown, away, off; undoing
- parta part, shareLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1306 · scan
- mentnoun ending: act or result
- aladjective ending: relating to
‘down, away, off’ + ‘a part, share’ → departmental
Journey through time
- Latinpars, partis‘a part, share’
- Englishdepartment‘a separate division of an organisation’
- Englishformed in English from departmentdepartmental‘relating to department (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 department. It can be inferred from any of: department.
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 department + -al (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- pars, partis Latin “a part, share”
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