architecture

Other forms of architecture

plural

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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 architecture

What does architecture mean?

architecture means "an architectural product or work". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in architecture?

architecture has 4 syllables: ar-chi-tec-ture. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹkəˌtɛktʃɚ/.

What is another word for architecture?

Close synonyms include computer architecture. 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 architecture a common word?

architecture is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.