English Online Dictionary. What means disciplinary? What does disciplinary mean?
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdɪs.ə.pləˌnɛɹi/
Adjective
disciplinary (comparative more disciplinary, superlative most disciplinary)
- Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
- For the purpose of imposing punishment.
- Of or relating to an academic field of study.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
disciplinary (plural disciplinaries)
- A disciplinary action.
References
- “disciplinary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.