Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncommercial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: un-com-mer-cial
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not commercial; often specifically not commercially viable.

noun

A spoof advertisement created for countercultural purposes.

Example Sentences

"But Columbia Records executives deemed the idea uncommercial […] and instead proposed an album of lullabies."
"This uncommercial was turned down by CBC on the grounds that it violated standards of taste […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial English uncommercial From un- + commercial.

Inflected Forms

uncommercials (plural)

Derived Forms

uncommercially

Questions

What does uncommercial mean?: Not commercial; often specifically not commercially viable.
Where does uncommercial come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *merks Latin merx Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin commercium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin commerciālislbor. French commercialbor. English commercial English uncommercial From un- + commercial.

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