Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burglary

/ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: bur-glary
IPA: /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Essentially, Jarden makes anything that you’d find left behind after a burglary."
"It’s hard to say whether Corona was actually playing pickleball or was just nowhere near Slowjamastan at the time of the burglary and thinks it’s funny to say he was playing pickleball."

Etymology

From New Latin burglaria. By surface analysis, burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”).

Word Breakdown

Root: burglaria

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/
British English: /ˈbɜː.ɡlə.ɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

burglaries (plural)

Derived Forms

antiburglary

Phrases

burglary tourism cat burglary hot burglary knock-knock burglary burglar alarm cat burglar breaking and entering

Frequently Paired Words

burglar burglar alarm burglarize burglarproof burgle cat burglar breaking and entering trespass

Questions

How do you pronounce burglary?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɝ.ɡlɚ.i/.
What does burglary mean?: The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
Where does burglary come from?: From New Latin burglaria. By surface analysis, burglar + -y. Displaced native Old English hūsbryċe (literally “house-breach”).

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