Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disown

/dɪsˈoʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: dis-own
IPA: /dɪsˈoʊn/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.

Transitive verb

verb

To repudiate any connection to; to renounce.

Transitive verb

verb

To detach (a job or process) so that it can continue to run even when the user who launched it ends his/her login session.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris."
"Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was."
"He disowns me, and he scorns me / But when we're alone he tells me I'm his very own"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English own English disown From dis- + own.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsˈoʊn/
British English: /dɪsˈəʊn/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

disowns (present, singular) disowning (participle, present) disowned (participle, past) disowned (past)

Derived Forms

disownable disownee disowner disownment undisowned

Synonyms

disavow disclaim abjure deny disown forsay forswear renounce repudiate wash one's hands of

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan grown unknown tone

Questions

How do you pronounce disown?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈoʊn/.
What does disown mean?: To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
Where does disown come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English own English disown From dis- + own.

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