Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breaker-up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: break-er-up
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who breaks something up (in various senses).

Example Sentences

"Clearly, it cannot be consistently maintained that social workers are in all cases both insensitive breakers-up of families and ineffectual bystanders."

Etymology

From break up + -er.

Inflected Forms

breakers-up (plural)

Questions

What does breaker-up mean?: Someone who breaks something up (in various senses).
Where does breaker-up come from?: From break up + -er.

How to pronounce breaker-up

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “breaker-up”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “breaker-up”.
Repeat and practice — Say “breaker-up” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.