Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

commotional

/kəˈməʊʃənəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-mo-tion-al
IPA: /kəˈməʊʃənəl/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Associated with commotion.

adj

Often causing commotion.

Example Sentences

"The office is very commotional."
"It's quiet without Frank here. He's usually very commotional."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *kommoweō? Latin commoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commōtiōnemder. Middle French commocion English commotion English -al English commotional From commotion + -al.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /kəˈməʊʃənəl/

Inflected Forms

more commotional (comparative) most commotional (superlative)

Rhymes With

emotional promotional devotional daily devotional notional overemotional motional nonemotional lotional hyperemotional

Questions

How do you pronounce commotional?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈməʊʃənəl/.
What does commotional mean?: Associated with commotion.
Where does commotional come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *kommoweō? Latin commoveō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin commōtiōnemder. Middle French commocion English commotion English -al English commotional From commotion + -al.

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