Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penalization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
pe-nal-iza-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of punishing; punishment.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English penal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English penalization From penal + -ization.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Derived Forms

depenalization superpenalization

Synonyms

Questions

What does penalization mean?
The act of punishing; punishment.
Where does penalization come from?
Etymology tree English penal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English penalization From penal + -ization.

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