atlantis

1. 1.

   according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake

   Broaderimaginary place

Other forms of atlantis

plural

atlantises·

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 atlantis

What does atlantis mean?

atlantis means "according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake".

How many syllables are in atlantis?

atlantis has 3 syllables: at-lan-tis. The stress falls on "lan". In IPA it is /ætˈlæntɪs/.

Is atlantis a common word?

atlantis 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.