anglicism

Other forms of anglicism

plural

anglicisms·

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 anglicism

What does anglicism mean?

anglicism means "an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in anglicism?

anglicism has 3 syllables: an-gli-cism. The stress falls on "an".

What is another word for anglicism?

Close synonyms include Briticism, Britishism, Britishism. 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 anglicism a common word?

anglicism 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.