Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comfortative

/ˈkʌmfɚˌteɪtɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-for-t-a-tive
IPA
/ˈkʌmfɚˌteɪtɪv/
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Offering comfort.

Archaic

noun

A medicine or other item causing comfort.

Archaic

Etymology

From comfort + -ative.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkʌmfɚˌteɪtɪv/
  • British English: /ˈkʌmfətətɪv/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more comfortative (comparative) most comfortative (superlative) comfortatives (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce comfortative?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌmfɚˌteɪtɪv/.
What does comfortative mean?
Offering comfort.
Where does comfortative come from?
From comfort + -ative.

How to pronounce comfortative

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