Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

domiciliary

/ˌdɑ.mɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: domi-cil-iary
IPA: /ˌdɑ.mɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who legally resides in a particular place.

adj

Of or relating to a domicile

Example Sentences

"Joe travels all over the country, but he is a domiciliary of New York."
"the personal and domiciliary rights of the citizen were scrupulously guarded"

Etymology

From French domiciliaire, from Medieval Latin domiciliārius, from Latin domicilium (“dwelling”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: domiciliaire, domiciliārius, domicilium

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdɑ.mɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/
British English: /ˌdɒm.ɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/

Inflected Forms

domiciliaries (plural)

Derived Forms

extradomiciliary interdomiciliary intradomiciliary nondomiciliary peridomiciliary

Rhymes With

auxiliary biliary ciliary miliary mucociliary superciliary atrabiliary supraciliary nasociliary iridociliary nobiliary retinociliary

Questions

How do you pronounce domiciliary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɑ.mɪˈsɪl.jə.ɹi/.
What does domiciliary mean?: A person who legally resides in a particular place.
Where does domiciliary come from?: It is traced to French.

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