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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

estrangle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
es-tran-gle
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To strangle.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English estranglen, rare and late variant of stranglen, from Old French estrangler.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: estranglen, estrangler

Usage

Inflected Forms

estrangles (present, singular) estrangling (participle, present) estrangled (participle, past) estrangled (past)

Questions

What does estrangle mean?
To strangle.
Where does estrangle come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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