Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

betraying

/bɪtɹˈeɪɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
be-tray-ing
IPA
/bɪtɹˈeɪɪŋ/
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That betrays

verb

present participle and gerund of betray

noun

betrayal

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English betray Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English betraying From betray + -ing.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more betraying (comparative) most betraying (superlative) betrayings (plural)

Derived Forms

betrayingly unbetraying

Rhymes With

saying playing paying non-paying staying laying praying weighing displaying spraying delaying surveying

Questions

How do you pronounce betraying?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɪtɹˈeɪɪŋ/.
What does betraying mean?
That betrays
Where does betraying come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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