bicompartmental

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adjective

Composed of two compartments.

“Near-synonyms: bicellular, bilocular, bicameral”

Similar
bicellularbilocularbicameral
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English compartment ← Middle French compartiment →
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Meanings

adjectivebicompartmental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableComposed of two compartments.

    Near-synonyms: bicellular, bilocular, bicameral

    Synonyms: bicellular, bilocular, bicameral

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveComposed of two compartments.

Similar
bicellularbilocularbicameral

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincom-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pérh₃tis?
  13. Proto-Italic*partis
  14. Latinpars
  15. Latinpartiō
  16. Latinpartior
  17. Latincompartīrī
  18. Italiancompartire
  19. Italiancompartimento
  20. Middle Frenchcompartiment
  21. Englishcompartment
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Englishbicompartmental

By surface analysis, bi- + compartment + -al.

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