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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beprose

/bɪˈpɹəʊz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-prose
IPA
/bɪˈpɹəʊz/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reduce to prose.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English prose English beprose From be- + prose.

Usage

Inflected Forms

beproses (present, singular) beprosing (participle, present) beprosed (participle, past) beprosed (past)

Rhymes With

those does close shows goes knows rose follows clothes chose nose hard-nose

Questions

How do you pronounce beprose?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈpɹəʊz/.
What does beprose mean?
To reduce to prose.
Where does beprose come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English prose English beprose From be- + prose.

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