compartmental

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/kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl/

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or constructed from compartments.

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

adjectivecompartmental (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf, pertaining to, or constructed from compartments.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedivided up into compartments or categories

Similar
compartmentalizedcompartmentalisedcompartmented
Also see
compartmentalizedcompartmented

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

From compartment + -al.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with compartmental

environmentalrentaldentalexperimentalcontinentaldevelopmentalgentleinstrumentaldepartmentalaccidentalelementalintergovernmentaloccidentaltranscendentalnongovernmentalcoincidentallentiljudgmentalinterdepartmentaltemperamentalentalunsentimentalcentalthiopental
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Cite this entry
APA

compartmental. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmental

MLA

“compartmental.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmental. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compartmental,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compartmental.

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