Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comitology

/ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: comi-tol-o-gy
IPA: /ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The study of how committees could work, expand, and ramify.

Countable; Humorous; Uncountable

Etymology

From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: committee

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
British English: /ˌkɒm.ɪˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

comitologies (plural) commitology (alternative)

Derived Forms

comitological

Questions

How do you pronounce comitology?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɑm.ɪˈtɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/.
What does comitology mean?: The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.
Where does comitology come from?: From committee + -ology, introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in humorous essays published in The Economist.

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