Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parenthesize

/pəˈɹɛnθ.ə.saɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paren-the-size
IPA: /pəˈɹɛnθ.ə.saɪz/

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To place text in parentheses.

verb

Example Sentences

"1918, William Strunk Jr., Elements of Style, Ithaca, N.Y.: Priv. print. [Geneva, N.Y.: Press of W. F. Humphrey], http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk2.html When a wholly detached expression or sentence is parenthesized, the final stop comes before the last mark of parenthesis."
"1871, Alexander Innes Shand, Against Time, Littell & Gay, p. 66, https://books.google.ca/books?id=BS8nAAAAMAAJ&q=%22parenthesized%22+OR+%22parenthesised%22&dq=%22parenthesized%22+OR+%22parenthesised%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi3ibvH4KHNAhUI4GMKHZRYAQoQ6AEISTAI "Heaven grant it!" parenthesized Lord Rushbrook."
""He is a friend of mine!" the Lieutenant parenthesized abruptly."

Etymology

Etymology tree English parenthesis 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 parenthesize From parenthesis + -ize.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /pəˈɹɛnθ.ə.saɪz/

Inflected Forms

parenthesizes (present, singular) parenthesizing (participle, present) parenthesized (participle, past) parenthesized (past) parenthesise (alternative)

Derived Forms

overparenthesize parenthesization

Questions

How do you pronounce parenthesize?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɹɛnθ.ə.saɪz/.
What does parenthesize mean?: To place text in parentheses.
Where does parenthesize come from?: Etymology tree English parenthesis 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 parenthesize From parenthesis + -ize.

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