Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misalliance

/ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: mis-al-liance
IPA: /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage.

Example Sentences

"That twice-flung taunt rankled still. It was monstrous to have been called a snob. A snob!—he, whose readiness to form what would certainly be regarded as a shocking misalliance ought to have stifled the charge, not merely vindicated him from it! He had forgotten, in the blindness of his love, how shocking the misalliance would be. Perhaps she, unloving, had not been so forgetful?"
"A misalliance is more shocking to a Frenchman than to an Englishman, and Talleyrand was very French in his appreciation of the importance of family, and in his insistence upon outward correctness of behaviour."

Etymology

From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis
Root: mésalliance

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/

Inflected Forms

misalliances (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce misalliance?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/.
What does misalliance mean?: An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage.
Where does misalliance come from?: It is traced to French.

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