How do you pronounce adjoining?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/.

Where does adjoining come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

adjoining

/əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: ad-join-ing
IPA: /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/

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Meaning

adj

Being in contact at some point or line; joining to.

verb

present participle and gerund of adjoin

Example Sentences

"an adjoining room"
"The location was described to be "on the lower side of the river, adjoining land owned by Whitmore Knaggs and on the upper side by lands not yet granted.""
"He had contemplated Pym in all the stages he had grown up with him, drunk with him and worked with him, including a night in Berlin he had totally forgotten until now when they had ended up screwing a couple of army nurses in adjoining rooms."

Etymology

From Middle English ajoinen, from Old French ajoindre, (compare French adjoindre), from Latin adiungō (“join to”), formed from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iungō (“join”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ajoinen, ajoindre, adiungō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/
British English: /əˈd͡ʒɔɪ.nɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more adjoining (comparative) most adjoining (superlative)

Synonyms

contiguous bordering adjacent

Antonyms

separated

Rhymes With

joining rejoining coining enjoining