accommodation
/əˌkɑ.məˈdeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.06 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or students, etc.
Australian usage; British usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "I have booked the accommodation for my trip to Paris."
- "So, it's settled. I'm going to Penzance. Hooray! I've even booked my accommodation."
- "If you’re looking for a Caribbean adventure with luxurious accommodation then this is the place for you."
- "Their accommodation that day was the Uganda Wildlife Authority Student Education Centre at Paraa. This area was not typically visited by foreign tourists because it offered only basic amenities. Lightly furnished rooms and shared bathrooms were found in the outbuildings."
- "It is true, the organization of the humane and animal Body, with accommodation to their several functions and offices, is certainly fitted with the most curious and exact Mechanism imaginable"
- "...and Lady Anne, for the present, felt as if Fanchette and her coach full of accommodations, heavy as they might once be supposed to be, were suddenly swallowed up in that awful sea, to which so many refractory spirits have been exorcised and consigned."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Latin commodusnom. Latin commodum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin commodō Latin accommodō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accommodātiōnembor. French accommodationbor. English accommodation From French accommodation, from Latin accommodātiō (“adjustment, accommodation, compliance”), from accommodō (“adapt, put in order”). Superficially accommodate + -ion. The sense of "lodging" was first attested in 1600.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: accommodation, accommodātiō
- Suffix: accommodate
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˌkɑ.məˈdeɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable