Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nunation

/nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nun-a-tion
IPA
/nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

In Akkadian, the use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From nun (“Semitic letter”) + -ation, after Arabic تَنْوِين (tanwīn), verbal noun of نَوَّنَ (nawwana, literally “to nunate, nunify”), derived from the letter name نُون (nūn).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • British English: /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.

Inflected Forms

nunations (plural) nunnation (alternative)

Synonyms

tanwin

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

How do you pronounce nunation?
The recorded pronunciation is /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/.
What does nunation mean?
In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.
Where does nunation come from?
From nun (“Semitic letter”) + -ation, after Arabic تَنْوِين (tanwīn), verbal noun of نَوَّنَ (nawwana, literally “to nunate, nunify”), derived from the letter name نُون (nūn).

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