comparisoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French comparison, comparaison, from Latin comparātiō, comparātiōnem; equivalent to comparen +‎ -isoun.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔmˌpariˈzuːn/, /kɔmˈparizun/[2]

Noun

comparisoun (uncountable)

  1. The act of giving a thing similar or identical value to another; similitude in value.
  2. (more generally) Similitude, relation; the state of being similar.
  3. Comparison; the state of comparing or measuring.
  4. (rhetoric) A figure of speech relying on comparison.
  5. (grammar) Grammatical comparison (of adjectives and adverbs)
  6. (rare) A distinction; the state of having a distinct feature.

Descendants

  • English: comparison
  • Scots: comparison

References

  1. ^ “comparisǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 356, page 930: “Thus PresE [s] in comparison and garrison in place of the historical [z] shown by Hart and Bullokar […]”.
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