Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

haemorrhage

/ˈhɛməɹɪd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: haem-or-rhage
IPA: /ˈhɛməɹɪd͡ʒ/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British standard spelling of hemorrhage.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

British standard spelling of hemorrhage.

Example Sentences

"We got news that he died of a haemorrhage!"
"Lan Chengzhang, who worked for the China Trade News, died of an apparent brain haemorrhage after over 20 thugs set upon him and his taxi driver on January 10 at a mine in Hunyuan county, in the northern province of Shanxi."
"Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation."
"The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt."
"In the early 1980s, the UK was gripped by a recession. A newly elected Conservative government was never going to let BR haemorrhage money if it could help it."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɛməɹɪd͡ʒ/
British English: /ˈhɛməɹɪd͡ʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

haemorrhages (plural) haemorrhages (present, singular) haemorrhaging (participle, present) haemorrhaged (participle, past) haemorrhaged (past)

Derived Forms

autohaemorrhaging haemorrhagic microhaemorrhage

Synonyms

bleeding hemorrhage

Questions

How do you pronounce haemorrhage?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛməɹɪd͡ʒ/.
What does haemorrhage mean?: British standard spelling of hemorrhage.

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