Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

womanise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wom-an-ise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanize.

British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman English -ise English womanise From woman + -ise.

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

womanises (present, singular) womanising (participle, present) womanised (participle, past) womanised (past)

Derived Forms

dewomanise womaniser

Synonyms

philander womanize

Questions

What does womanise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanize.
Where does womanise come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman English -ise English womanise From woman + -ise.

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