Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comtal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-tal
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a count.

Example Sentences

"The eight principal magistrates, or Capitouls, acquire nobility in virtue of their election, transmit it to their posterity, and are the only municipal officers in the kingdom who are entitled to wear the Comtal robe."
"In the early twelfth century its heiress married an obscure knight called Guillem Ramón (1090-1173), who rose to be ‘Great Seneschal’ at the comtal court."

Etymology

Borrowed from French comtal, from oblique stem of Latin comes, comitis (“count, earl, companion, comrade”) + -al. Doublet of comital.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: comes
Suffix: -al

Inflected Forms

more comtal (comparative) most comtal (superlative)

Questions

What does comtal mean?: Pertaining to a count.
Where does comtal come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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