Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irishize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: irishize
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Example Sentences

"I admit there are some recent importations of Catholics who would like to Germanize, Irishize, and whiskeyize America."
"What is not classical is that Carrora, in order to be a box-office attraction, had to Irishize his name."
"Noelle was the one who had inherited the Germanic half of their Irish-Germanic father—her skin tanned and her hair was mud brown, despite several botched attempts to Irishize it with powdered cherry Kool-Aid mix."

Etymology

From Irish + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Irish

Inflected Forms

Irishizes (present, singular) Irishizing (participle, present) Irishized (participle, past) Irishized (past)

Questions

What does irishize mean?: to make Irish.
Where does irishize come from?: From Irish + -ize.

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