Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maternalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ma-ter-nal-ize
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make maternal.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From maternal + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

maternalizes (present, singular) maternalizing (participle, present) maternalized (participle, past) maternalized (past)

Questions

What does maternalize mean?
To make maternal.
Where does maternalize come from?
From maternal + -ize.

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