Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spacious

/ˈspeɪʃ.əs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
spa-cious
IPA
/ˈspeɪʃ.əs/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Large in expanse.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English spacious, from Old French spacios, from Latin spatiōsus. By surface analysis, space + -ious.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: spacious, spacios, spatiōsus

Inflected Forms

more spacious (comparative) most spacious (superlative) spatious (alternative, obsolete)

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Questions

How do you pronounce spacious?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspeɪʃ.əs/.
What does spacious mean?
Having plenty of space; roomy; capacious.
Where does spacious come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce spacious

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