altaic

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or written in Altaic

Other forms of altaic

plural

altaics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about altaic

What does altaic mean?

altaic means "any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in altaic?

altaic has 3 syllables: al-ta-ic. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ælˈteɪɪk/.

What is another word for altaic?

Close synonyms include Altaic language. 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 altaic a common word?

altaic 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.

What rhymes with altaic?

1 word rhymes with altaic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.