Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sympathise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
sym-pa-thise
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathize.

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What does sympathise mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathize.
Where does sympathise come from?
Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ise.

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