Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vaporize

/vˈeɪpɚˌaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: va-por-ize
IPA: /vˈeɪpɚˌaɪz/

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To turn into vapor.

American usage

Example Sentences

"PFC vaporizes when hit with an ultrasound pulse, producing rapidly expanding gas bubbles that "fire" the nanobullets out of the microcannons at speeds on the order of meters per second -- and the fluorescent microbullets light up to show exactly where they landed in the tissue target."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kwapōs Latin vapor Old French vapeurder. Old French vaporbor. Middle English vapour English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporize From vapor + -ize.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

vaporizes (present, singular) vaporizing (participle, present) vaporized (participle, past) vaporized (past) vaporise (alternative) vapourize (alternative, British)

Derived Forms

revaporize unvaporized vaporizable vaporization vaporizer

Frequently Paired Words

nebulize pulverize

Synonyms

vanish fly evaporate vaporise gasify aerify zap

Questions

How do you pronounce vaporize?: The recorded pronunciation is /vˈeɪpɚˌaɪz/.
What does vaporize mean?: To turn into vapor.
Where does vaporize come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kwapōs Latin vapor Old French vapeurder. Old French vaporbor. Middle English vapour English vapor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vaporize From vapor + -ize.

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