allochthonous

1. 1.

   of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed

   Antonymsautochthonous

Questions about allochthonous

What does allochthonous mean?

allochthonous means "of rocks, deposits, etc.; found in a place other than where they and their constituents were formed".

How many syllables are in allochthonous?

allochthonous has 4 syllables: al-loch-tho-nous. The stress falls on "loch".

What is the opposite of allochthonous?

The recorded antonyms are autochthonous.

Is allochthonous a common word?

allochthonous 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.