Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

socialise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: so-cialise
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of socialize.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English -ise English socialise From social + -ise.

Inflected Forms

socialises (present, singular) socialising (participle, present) socialised (participle, past) socialised (past)

Synonyms

socialize

Questions

What does socialise mean?: Alternative form of socialize.
Where does socialise come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin socius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sociālisbor. Middle French socialbor. English social English -ise English socialise From social + -ise.

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