Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radioactivate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-dioac-ti-vate
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make something radioactive.

Etymology

Etymology tree English radioactive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English radioactivate From radioactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

radioactivates (present, singular) radioactivating (participle, present) radioactivated (participle, past) radioactivated (past)

Questions

What does radioactivate mean?: To make something radioactive.
Where does radioactivate come from?: Etymology tree English radioactive Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English radioactivate From radioactive + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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