Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

departmentalize

/dɪpˌɑɹtmˈɛntəlˌaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-part-men-tal-ize
IPA: /dɪpˌɑɹtmˈɛntəlˌaɪz/

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To organize something into departments

Etymology

Etymology tree English departmental 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 departmentalize From departmental + -ize.

Inflected Forms

departmentalizes (present, singular) departmentalizing (participle, present) departmentalized (participle, past) departmentalized (past)

Derived Forms

departmentalization undepartmentalized

Rhymes With

compartmentalize

Questions

How do you pronounce departmentalize?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪpˌɑɹtmˈɛntəlˌaɪz/.
What does departmentalize mean?: To organize something into departments
Where does departmentalize come from?: Etymology tree English departmental 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 departmentalize From departmental + -ize.

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