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sentimental

/ˌsentəˈmentəl/sen-tuh-MEN-tuhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˌsɛntəˈmɛntəl/sen-tuh-MEN-tuhl

Meaningrelating to feeling

Common meaning: showing tender feelings, often too much

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchsentement‘a feeling’source
  2. Middle Englishsentementsource
  3. Englishsentiment‘a feeling’
  4. Englishformed in English from sentimentsentimental‘showing tender feelings, often too much’ · 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

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from sentiment + -al.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SENTIMENT, p.540 · scan

Source words

  • sentement Old French · source word “a feeling”

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