traditional
/tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/truh-DIH-shuh-nuhl
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/tɹəˈdɪʃənəl/truh-DIH-shuh-nuhl
Meaningrelating to tradition
Common meaning: following long-established customs
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- traform of trans-: across
- ditto give, putLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 604 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
- aladjective ending: relating to
‘across’ + ‘to give, put’ → traditional
Journey through time
- Latindō, datum‘to give, put’
- Englishtradition‘a custom handed down’
- Englishformed in English from traditiontraditional‘following long-established customs’ · 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.
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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 tradition + -al.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), TRADITION, p.653 · scan
Roots
- dō, datum Latin “to give, put”
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