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decolonise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
de-colonise
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of decolonize.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English colonise English decolonise From de- + colonise.

Inflected Forms

decolonises (present, singular) decolonising (participle, present) decolonised (participle, past) decolonised (past)

Synonyms

decolonize

Questions

What does decolonise mean?
Alternative spelling of decolonize.
Where does decolonise come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English colonise English decolonise From de- + colonise.

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