Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

annulment

/əˈnʌl.mənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
an-nul-ment
IPA
/əˈnʌl.mənt/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An act or instance of annulling.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The state of having been annulled.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Total destruction.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Recorded since the 15th century (sense destruction); from Middle English anullement, partly from annullen (from Middle French annuller, from Latin annūllāre, from ad (“to”) + nūllus (“not any, nothing”) + verbal ending -āre) + -ment (“means to”) (from Latin -mentum) and partly from Middle French annullement. By surface analysis, annul + -ment.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

annulments (plural)

Derived Forms

disannulment nonannulment

Synonyms

abolition cancellation nullification abrogation annulment deauthentication devalidation invalidation renunciation revocation termination vitiation

Questions

How do you pronounce annulment?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈnʌl.mənt/.
What does annulment mean?
An act or instance of annulling.
Where does annulment come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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