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ionise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
ionise
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

ionize

Australian usage; New Zealand usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English -ise English ionise From ion + -ise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ionises (present, singular) ionising (participle, present) ionised (participle, past) ionised (past) ionize (alternative)

Derived Forms

counterionise deionise ionisation nonionised nonionising photoionised

Synonyms

ionize

Questions

What does ionise mean?
ionize
Where does ionise come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion English -ise English ionise From ion + -ise.

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