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fictionise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fic-tionise
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fictionalize.

British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -ise English fictionise From fiction + -ise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fictionises (present, singular) fictionising (participle, present) fictionised (participle, past) fictionised (past) fictionize (alternative)

Questions

What does fictionise mean?
To fictionalize.
Where does fictionise come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -ise English fictionise From fiction + -ise.

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