Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contignation

/kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tig-na-tion
IPA: /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric.

Archaic

noun

A framework or fabric, such as of beams.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"They were easily led to consider the flames that were consuming France, not as a warning to protect their own buildings (which were without any party wall, and linked by a contignation into the edifice of France,) but as an happy occasion […]"
"[W]hen vvee ſpeake of the Intercolumniation or diſtance, vvhich is due to each Order, vve meane in a Dorique, Ionicall, Corinthian Porch, or Cloiſter, or the like of one Contignation, and not in Storied buildings."

Etymology

From Latin contignātiō, from contignō (“to join with beams”), from con- + tignum (“beam”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *(s)teg- (pole), contignātiō

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

contignations (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce contignation?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒntɪɡˈneɪʃən/.
What does contignation mean?: The act or process of framing or slotting together, or uniting, like beams in a fabric.
Where does contignation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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