Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tose

/ˈtoʊz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: tose
IPA: /ˈtoʊz/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pull apart or asunder; touse.

Etymology

From Middle English tosen (“to card wool”), from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisan (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, separate”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tosen, *tāsan, *taisan, *deh₂y-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtoʊz/
British English: /ˈtəʊz/

Inflected Forms

toses (present, singular) tosing (participle, present) tosed (participle, past) tosed (past) toze (alternative) toase (alternative) toaze (alternative)

Derived Forms

toser tosy

Frequently Paired Words

tease touse tousle

Questions

How do you pronounce tose?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtoʊz/.
What does tose mean?: To pull apart or asunder; touse.
Where does tose come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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