noncontroversial
/nɒnˌkɒntɹəˈvɜːʃəl/non-kon-truh-VUR-shuhl
/nɑnˌkɑntɹəˈvɝʃəl/nahn-kahn-truh-VUR-shuhl
Meaningnot turned against
Common meaning: not causing disagreement
- nonnot
- controagainst
- versto turnLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1977 · scan
- ialadjective ending: relating to
‘not’ + ‘against’ + ‘to turn’ → noncontroversial
Journey through time
- Latinvertō, vertī, versum‘to turn’
- Englishnoncontroversial‘not causing disagreement’ · today
non- also in: nonverbalnonchalantnontrivialnonphysicalnonresident
vers also in: universesubversionanniversaryirreversibleirreversibly
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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vertō ‘to turn’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vertō, p. 1977 · dictionary scan
Roots
- vertō, vertī, versum Latin “to turn”
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