Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

upbring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: up-bring
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"From mothers pap I taken was vnfit: / And streight deliuered to a Faery knight, / To be vpbrought in gentle thewes and martiall might."

Etymology

From Middle English upbringen, equivalent to up- + bring. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apbrange, West Frisian opbringe, Dutch opbrengen, German Low German upbrengen, German aufbringen, Danish opbringe, Swedish uppbringa.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: up
Root: upbringen

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

upbrings (present, singular) upbringing (participle, present) upbrought (participle, past) upbrought (past)

Derived Forms

upbringing

Questions

What does upbring mean?: To bring up.
Where does upbring come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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