strong
/stɹɔŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.22 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Possessing power, might, or strength.
adj
adj
Highly stimulating to the senses.
adj
Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
Example Sentences
- "a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong"
- "The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea."
- "For he was swift as swallow in her flight, And strong as Lyon in his lordly might."
- "But what sight is that? It seems a town right in the river, each building standing upon its own foundation, with the deep, strong current of the river sweeping all around it? They are flouring mills operated by the natural current of the stream."
- "a strong foundation; good strong shoes"
- "Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker."
Etymology
From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang (“strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *strang (“severe, strict, rigorous, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), West Frisian strang, string (“strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough, strong, intense”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), dialectal Dutch strang (“tight, strict, powerful, intense, mighty, strong”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Danish and Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Faroese and Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Latin stringō (“tighten”). Related to strict and string.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /stɹɔŋ/
- British English: /stɹɒŋ/