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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untrain

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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

Meaning

verb

To reverse or undo one's training; to become less trained than before

Example Sentences

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- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train English untrain From un- + train.

Inflected Forms

untrains (present, singular) untraining (participle, present) untrained (participle, past) untrained (past)

Questions

What does untrain mean?
To reverse or undo one's training; to become less trained than before
Where does untrain 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- Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train English untrain From un- + train.

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