disallow
/ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer."
- "The goal was disallowed because the player was offside."
- "England will regard it as a measure of justice for Frank Lampard's disallowed goal against Germany in Bloemfontein at the 2010 World Cup - but it was also an illustration of how they rode their luck for long periods in front of a predictably partisan home crowd."
Etymology
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer. By surface analysis, dis- + allow.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: disallowen, desalouer, desalöer
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
- British English: /ˌdɪsəˈlaʊ/
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
disallows (present, singular)
disallowing (participle, present)
disallowed (participle, past)
disallowed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
disallowed (first person, past)
disallowest (archaic, present)
disallowed (past, second person)
disallowedst (archaic, past)
disalloweth (archaic, present)
disallowed (past, singular)