Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urbanise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ur-banise
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of urbanize.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin urbānusder. Middle French urbainbor. ▲ Latin urbānus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English urban English -ise English urbanise From urban + -ise.

Inflected Forms

urbanises (present, singular) urbanising (participle, present) urbanised (participle, past) urbanised (past)

Derived Forms

deurbanise

Synonyms

urbanize

Questions

What does urbanise mean?: Alternative spelling of urbanize.
Where does urbanise come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin urbānusder. Middle French urbainbor. ▲ Latin urbānus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English urban English -ise English urbanise From urban + -ise.

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