Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downscale

/dˈaʊnskˌeɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: down-scale
IPA: /dˈaʊnskˌeɪl/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being downmarket, of a lower quality.

adj

Of a series of notes, falling in pitch in regular or musical intervals; descending.

verb

To reduce in size; to downsize.

Etymology

Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English downscale From down- + scale.

Inflected Forms

more downscale (comparative) most downscale (superlative) downscales (present, singular) downscaling (participle, present) downscaled (participle, past) downscaled (past)

Derived Forms

downscalable downscaler

Questions

How do you pronounce downscale?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈaʊnskˌeɪl/.
What does downscale mean?: Being downmarket, of a lower quality.
Where does downscale come from?: Etymology tree English down- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English downscale From down- + scale.

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