Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unleave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-leave
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To remove the leaves from.

Transitive verb

verb

To lose leaves.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English leave English unleave From un- + leave.

Usage

Inflected Forms

unleaves (present, singular) unleaving (participle, present) unleaved (participle, past) unleaved (past)

Derived Forms

unleaved unleaving

Questions

What does unleave mean?
To remove the leaves from.
Where does unleave come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English leave English unleave From un- + leave.

How to pronounce unleave

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