intermarry
/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmæɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.86 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mary was Catholic and Ron was Jewish, but they decided that it was acceptable to intermarry."
- "The state where most intermarriages took place was Hawaii, where more than four in 10 newlyweds (42.4%) were intermarried."
- "Mainland China and Taiwan do not border each other by land; they face each other across a 140-km-wide ocean strait. Taiwan-held Dadan Island sits 2 km away from Xiamen. Xiamenese can use binoculars to observe their kinfolk on Dadan Island, with whom they have traditionally intermarried (Mellor, 1993)."
- "Did European royals sometimes intermarry? Yes. There are a couple of examples of that. The Habsburgs are not beating the allegations."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English marry English intermarry From inter- + marry.