Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

generalise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: gen-er-alise
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.

British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general English -ise English generalise From general + -ise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

generalises (present, singular) generalising (participle, present) generalised (participle, past) generalised (past)

Derived Forms

generalisable generaliser misgeneralise overgeneralise

Synonyms

generalize popularize popularise vulgarize vulgarise extrapolate infer

Questions

What does generalise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
Where does generalise come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus, generis Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin generālisbor. Anglo-Norman generalbor. Middle French generalbor. ▲ Latin generālisder. Middle English general English general English -ise English generalise From general + -ise.

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