amharic

1. 1.

   the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact

   SynonymsEthiopian language

   BroaderSemitic

1. 1.

   related to or characteristic of or written in Amharic

   “the Amharic language”

Other forms of amharic

plural

amharics·

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 amharic

What does amharic mean?

amharic means "the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic language much influenced by the Cushitic language with which Amhara have been in close contact". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amharic?

amharic has 3 syllables: am-ha-ric. The stress falls on "ha". In IPA it is /ɑmˈhɑɹɪk/.

What is another word for amharic?

Close synonyms include Ethiopian 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 amharic a common word?

amharic 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.