Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corporatize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-po-ra-tize
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To transform state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations.

verb

To impose corporate values or practices; to commercialize.

Etymology

Etymology tree English corporate 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 corporatize From corporate + -ize.

Inflected Forms

corporatizes (present, singular) corporatizing (participle, present) corporatized (participle, past) corporatized (past)

Derived Forms

decorporatize uncorporatized

Frequently Paired Words

corporatization

Questions

What does corporatize mean?: To transform state assets, government agencies, or municipal organizations into publicly-owned corporations.
Where does corporatize come from?: Etymology tree English corporate 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 corporatize From corporate + -ize.

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