Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commissioner

/kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nəɹ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables: com-mis-sion-er
IPA: /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nəɹ/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who commissions something.

noun

One commissioned to perform certain duties.

noun

A member of a commission.

noun

A member of a commission.

noun

Alternative form of European Commissioner.

Example Sentences

"[…] the 'private nature' of commissioned pictures, particularly portraits, was frequently mentioned as the justification for two types of proposal: the ownership of painting copyright by the commissioner, or ownership of painting copyright by the artist […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin committō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commissiō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Medieval Latin commissiōnāriusder. Anglo-Norman commissionairebor. Middle English commissioner English commissioner From Middle English commissioner, from Anglo-Norman commissionaire, from Medieval Latin commissiōnārius. Doublet of commissionaire. By surface analysis, commission + -er.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: commissioner, commissionaire, commissiōnārius

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nəɹ/
British English: /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nə/

Inflected Forms

commissioners (plural)

Derived Forms

commissionerate commissioneress commissionership subcommissioner

Phrases

Commissioner-designate commissioner of oaths Commissioners Creek e-safety commissioner esafety commissioner European Commissioner high commissioner King's commissioner

Frequently Paired Words

Comm'r

Rhymes With

practitioner conditioner petitioner parishioner

Questions

How do you pronounce commissioner?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈmɪ.ʃə.nəɹ/.
What does commissioner mean?: One who commissions something.
Where does commissioner come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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