Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commendment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-mend-ment
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Commendation; praise.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] —oh yes it's a dirty condescending racist word don't ever use it but the sense of it's there even in our commendment, our reports, our praise— […]"

Etymology

From commend + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: commend

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does commendment mean?: Commendation; praise.
Where does commendment come from?: From commend + -ment.

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