judgment
/ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/JUHJ-muhnt
/ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/JUHJ-muhnt
Meaningthe act of judging
Common meaning: an opinion
Other meanings: a decision of a court
- judgone who rules on a caseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1008 · scan
- mentnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Latiniūdex, -icis‘one who rules on a case’
- Frenchjuge
- Englishjudge‘one who decides cases’
- Englishformed in English from judgejudgment‘an opinion’ · 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 judge + -ment.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), JUDGE, p.310 · scan
Roots
- iūdex, -icis Latin “one who rules on a case”
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