Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emprisonment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-pris-on-ment
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of imprisonment.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From emprison + -ment.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: emprison

Usage

Inflected Forms

emprisonments (plural)

Questions

What does emprisonment mean?: Obsolete form of imprisonment.
Where does emprisonment come from?: From emprison + -ment.

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