incommode

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈməʊd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/ Rhymes: -əʊd Hyphenation: in‧com‧mode === Etymology 1 === 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)”). ==== Verb ==== incommode (third-person singular simple present incommodes, present participle incommoding, simple past and past participle incommoded) (transitive, formal) To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble. Synonyms: (obsolete) discommodate, discommode To cause (someone or something) inconvenience; to hinder, to impede, to inconvenience, to obstruct. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder Antonyms: see Thesaurus:help ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === The adjective is a learned borrowing from French incommode (“causing discomfort; inconvenient; troublesome; undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome”), from Latin incommodus (“inconvenient; disagreeable, troublesome; unfit, unsuitable, unseasonable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commodus (“becoming, suitable; comfortable, commodious; convenient; useful; opportune, timely; friendly, pleasant”) (from com- (a variant of con-) + modus): see further at etymology 1. The English word is analysable as in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) +‎ commode (“(obsolete) convenient, opportune; suitable”). The noun is derived from the adjective. ==== Adjective ==== incommode (comparative more incommode, superlative most incommode) (formal, obsolete) Synonym of incommodious. Inapt; unsuitable. Inconvenient; troublesome. ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== incommode (plural incommodes) (formal, obsolete) Something which causes inconvenience or trouble; a bother, an incommodity, an inconvenience. === References === == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: incommodent, incommodes === Verb === incommode inflection of incommoder: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Adverb === incommodē (comparative incommodius, superlative incommodissimē) inconveniently, incommodiously, unfortunately, unseasonably === Adjective === incommode vocative masculine singular of incommodus === References === “incommode”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “incommode”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “incommode”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. ^ Definition - Numen - The Latin Lexicon - An Online Latin Dictionary - A Dictionary of the Latin Language