articulation

Other forms of articulation

plural

articulations·

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 articulation

What does articulation mean?

articulation means "the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in articulation?

articulation has 5 syllables: ar-ti-cu-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌɑɹtɪkjəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for articulation?

Close synonyms include join, joint, juncture, junction, voice. 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 articulation a common word?

articulation 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.

What rhymes with articulation?

65 words rhyme with articulation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.