Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breakage

/ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: break-age
IPA: /ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of breaking.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something that has been broken.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space."
"At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages."

Etymology

Etymology tree English break Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English breakage From break + -age.

Usage

Inflected Forms

breakages (plural)

Derived Forms

antibreakage

Phrases

Berlin breakage syndrome Nijmegen breakage syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

fracture

Synonyms

break breaking

Rhymes With

achage

Questions

How do you pronounce breakage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/.
What does breakage mean?: The act of breaking.
Where does breakage come from?: Etymology tree English break Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English breakage From break + -age.

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