Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homosexualize

/ˌhəʊ.məʊˈsɛk.ʃu.ə.laɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mo-sex-u-al-ize
IPA: /ˌhəʊ.məʊˈsɛk.ʃu.ə.laɪz/

34

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render homosexual.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English homosexual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English homosexualize From homosexual + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

homosexualizes (present, singular) homosexualizing (participle, present) homosexualized (participle, past) homosexualized (past)

Derived Forms

homosexualization

Synonyms

faggotize

Questions

How do you pronounce homosexualize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhəʊ.məʊˈsɛk.ʃu.ə.laɪz/.
What does homosexualize mean?: To render homosexual.
Where does homosexualize come from?: Etymology tree English homosexual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English homosexualize From homosexual + -ize.

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