Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonemotional

/nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nonemo-tion-al
IPA: /nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not emotional; unrelated to emotion.

Example Sentences

"By the time the Suns came to Madison Square Garden for another reunion, the only impulse D’Antoni had about his old players was the need to beat them, for purely nonemotional reasons."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English nonemotional From non- + emotional.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/
British English: /nɒnɪˈməʊʃənəl/

Inflected Forms

non-emotional (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonemotionally

Synonyms

emotionless unemotional alexithymic apathistical clinical dull phlegmatic cold-blooded cold-hearted dead inside dispassionate immovable

Rhymes With

emotional promotional devotional daily devotional notional overemotional motional commotional lotional hyperemotional

Questions

How do you pronounce nonemotional?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɑniˈmoʊʃənəl/.
What does nonemotional mean?: Not emotional; unrelated to emotion.
Where does nonemotional come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English nonemotional From non- + emotional.

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