Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incommode

/ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-com-mode
IPA
/ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.

Formal; Transitive verb

verb

To cause (someone or something) inconvenience; to hinder, to impede, to inconvenience, to obstruct.

Formal; Transitive verb

adj

Synonym of incommodious.

Formal; Obsolete; Transitive verb

adj

Synonym of incommodious.

Formal; Obsolete; Transitive verb

noun

Something which causes inconvenience or trouble; a bother, an incommodity, an inconvenience.

Formal; Obsolete; Transitive verb

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from French incommoder (“to bother, disconcert, incommode”), from Latin incommodāre, the present active infinitive of incommodō (“to inconvenience”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commodō (“to accommodate, adapt; to bestow, provide; to hire, lend”) (from com- (a variant of con- (prefix indicating completeness or intensification)) + modō (the ablative or singular of modus (“manner, method, way; bound, limit; measure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”))). The English word is analysable as in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commode (“(archaic or obsolete) to provide (someone or something) with an appropriate, suitable, or necessary thing; to meet the requirements of (someone or something), suit; to repair (something)”).

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Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/
  • British English: /ˌɪnkəˈməʊd/

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Questions

How do you pronounce incommode?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/.
What does incommode mean?
To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble.
Where does incommode come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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