Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

containerize

/kəntˈeɪnɚˌaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
con-tainer-ize
IPA
/kəntˈeɪnɚˌaɪz/
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To transport (cargo) in large, standard containers.

Transitive verb

verb

To modify (a ship or industry) to use such containers.

Transitive verb

verb

To run an application in a software container.

Transitive verb

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. Middle English conteinen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English conteiner English container 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 English containerize From container + -ize.

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Questions

How do you pronounce containerize?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəntˈeɪnɚˌaɪz/.
What does containerize mean?
To transport (cargo) in large, standard containers.
Where does containerize come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. Middle English conteinen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English conteiner English container 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 English containerize From container + -ize.

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