Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ionizer

/ˈaɪənˌaɪzɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
ion-iz-er
IPA
/ˈaɪənˌaɪzɚ/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a device that ionizes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ionize 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 ionizer From ionize + -er.

Inflected Forms

Questions

How do you pronounce ionizer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈaɪənˌaɪzɚ/.
What does ionizer mean?
a device that ionizes
Where does ionizer come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Hellenic *éimi Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der. English ion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ionize 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 ionizer From ionize + -er.

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