Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defamiliarise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fa-mil-iarise
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English familiarise English defamiliarise From de- + familiarise.

Inflected Forms

defamiliarises (present, singular) defamiliarising (participle, present) defamiliarised (participle, past) defamiliarised (past)

Questions

What does defamiliarise mean?: Alternative spelling of defamiliarize.
Where does defamiliarise come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English familiarise English defamiliarise From de- + familiarise.

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