nonoperational

Meaningnot working

Common meaning: not working or not in use

nonnot
operwork, a piece of workLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1267 · scan
ationaladjective ending: tied to the act of

‘not’ + ‘work, a piece of work’ → nonoperational

Journey through time

Latinopus, operis‘work, a piece of work’
Englishnonoperational‘not working or not in use’ · today

non- also in: nonverbal nonchalant nontrivial nonphysical nonresident

oper also in: opera inoperative postoperative postoperatively

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: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin opus ‘work, a piece of work’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry opus, p. 1267 · dictionary scan

Roots

opus, operis Latin “work, a piece of work”

Related words

inoperative opera postoperative postoperatively

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