Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

publicize

/ˈpʌblɪˌsaɪz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: pub-li-cize
IPA: /ˈpʌblɪˌsaɪz/

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of publicise.

American usage

Etymology

Etymology tree English public 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 publicize From public + -ize.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

publicizes (present, singular) publicizing (participle, present) publicized (participle, past) publicized (past) publicise (alternative)

Derived Forms

mispublicize overpublicize publicizable publicizer republicize

Synonyms

publicise air bare advertise advertize

Questions

How do you pronounce publicize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʌblɪˌsaɪz/.
What does publicize mean?: Alternative spelling of publicise.
Where does publicize come from?: Etymology tree English public 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 publicize From public + -ize.

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