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wisse

/wɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
wisse
IPA
/wɪs/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To show, teach, inform, guide, direct.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English wissen (“to instruct, enlighten, advise, admonish; guide, direct, control, manage, rule”), from Old English wisian (“to direct, instruct, guide, direct, rule; show, point out; declare, make known”). Related to wise and more remotely to wit. See Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: wissen, wisian, *weyd-

Usage

Inflected Forms

wisses (present, singular) wissing (participle, present) wissed (participle, past) wissed (past)

Phrases

to wisse

Frequently Paired Words

to wisse

Rhymes With

this miss chris kiss swiss piss luis dismiss bliss dis dis- sis

Questions

How do you pronounce wisse?
The recorded pronunciation is /wɪs/.
What does wisse mean?
To show, teach, inform, guide, direct.
Where does wisse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce wisse

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