detransitivise

Questions about detransitivise

What does detransitivise mean?

detransitivise means "intransitivize".

How many syllables are in detransitivise?

detransitivise has 5 syllables and divides as de-tran-si-ti-vise 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 detransitivise?

Close synonyms include detransitivize, intransitivize, intransitivise. 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 detransitivise a common word?

detransitivise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.