Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fizzy

/ˈfɪzi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: fizzy
IPA: /ˈfɪzi/

29

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing bubbles.

adj

Lively, vivacious.

adj

Makes a hissing sound.

noun

A non-alcoholic carbonated beverage.

New Zealand usage

Example Sentences

"Fizzy drinks are also known as carbonated beverages."
"[I]ts main character, Henry (Mr. [Ewan] McGregor), is a successful, intellectual dramatist who seems quite capable of churning out fizzy, challenging works about brilliant but ambivalent revolutionaries, philosophers, etc."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fizz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fizzy From fizz + -y.

Usage

New Zealand usage

Inflected Forms

fizzier (comparative) fizziest (superlative) fizzies (plural)

Derived Forms

fizzily fizziness unfizzy fizzies

Phrases

fizzy drink fizzy water

Synonyms

fizzy drink sparkling carbonated fizzing

Rhymes With

busy dizzy lizzie izzy frizzy kizzy brissie glizzy xyzzy bizzie rambizzy twizzy

Questions

How do you pronounce fizzy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɪzi/.
What does fizzy mean?: Containing bubbles.
Where does fizzy come from?: Etymology tree English fizz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fizzy From fizz + -y.

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