caponise

Questions about caponise

What does caponise mean?

caponise means "convert a cock into a capon".

How many syllables are in caponise?

caponise has 3 syllables and divides as ca-po-nise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for caponise?

Close synonyms include caponize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is caponise a common word?

caponise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.