Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synchronisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: syn-chro-ni-sa-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronization.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English synchronise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English synchronisation From synchronise + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

synchronisations (plural)

Derived Forms

desynchronisation postsynchronisation resynchronisation semisynchronisation

Synonyms

synchronization synchronizing synchronising synchronism synchrony synchronicity synchroneity

Questions

What does synchronisation mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronization.
Where does synchronisation come from?: Etymology tree English synchronise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English synchronisation From synchronise + -ation.

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