commentator
/ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.67 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
noun
A person who makes a commentary, particularly
noun
Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)
Example Sentences
- "It would be well into the fourteenth century before the commentators came into their own."
- "He was a commentator for football two years before retiring."
- "Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators."
Etymology
In form, from Middle English commentator, from Latin commentātor (“author, inventor, interpreter, jailer”), from commentātus + -or (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from commentāri (“to ponder, to study, to write upon”), from comminīscor (“to think over, to invent”) + -tārī (“to frequently be ~ed”). In meaning, influenced by comment and commentary. By surface analysis, comment + -ator.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: commentator, commentātor
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑmənˌteɪtəɹ/
- British English: /ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə/