Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encourager

/ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒəɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: en-cour-ager
IPA: /ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒəɹ/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who provides encouragement.

Etymology

Etymology tree English encourage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English encourager From encourage + -er.

Inflected Forms

encouragers (plural) incourager (alternative, archaic)

Phrases

pour encourager les autres

Frequently Paired Words

pour encourager les autres

Questions

How do you pronounce encourager?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkɝ.ɪd͡ʒəɹ/.
What does encourager mean?: One who provides encouragement.
Where does encourager come from?: Etymology tree English encourage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English encourager From encourage + -er.

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