Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jamaicanize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ja-maican-ize
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to make Jamaican.

Example Sentences

"Barclays Bank is the fourth foreign owned bank to Jamaicanize its operations."
"And then I decided it was time for me to come home and to bring all that experience and to Jamaicanize it and I said if I come home I really want to promote art."
"Today, Jamaican is spoken by about five million people, who manage to preserve it thanks to their ability to Jamaicanize English words and a positive attitude towards neologisms."

Etymology

From Jamaican + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Jamaican

Inflected Forms

Jamaicanizes (present, singular) Jamaicanizing (participle, present) Jamaicanized (participle, past) Jamaicanized (past)

Questions

What does jamaicanize mean?: to make Jamaican.
Where does jamaicanize come from?: From Jamaican + -ize.

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