Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commemoratory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-mem-o-ra-to-ry
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to commemoration.

adj

Comemmorative

Example Sentences

Etymology

First attested in 1695; borrowed from New Latin commemorātōrius, from Latin commemorō. Cognate with French commémoratoire, by surface analysis, commemorate + -ory.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more commemoratory (comparative) most commemoratory (superlative)

Questions

What does commemoratory mean?
Pertaining to commemoration.
Where does commemoratory come from?
It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1695.

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