Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

regionalize

/ɹˈidʒənəlˌaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-gion-al-ize
IPA: /ɹˈidʒənəlˌaɪz/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To divide into or organize according to regions.

Transitive verb

verb

To administer on a regional basis.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English regional 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 regionalize From regional + -ize.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

regionalizes (present, singular) regionalizing (participle, present) regionalized (participle, past) regionalized (past)

Derived Forms

deregionalize regionalization

Questions

How do you pronounce regionalize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈidʒənəlˌaɪz/.
What does regionalize mean?: To divide into or organize according to regions.
Where does regionalize come from?: Etymology tree English regional 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 regionalize From regional + -ize.

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