caesural

1. 1.

   of or relating to a caesura

Questions about caesural

What does caesural mean?

caesural means "of or relating to a caesura".

How many syllables are in caesural?

caesural has 4 syllables and divides as ca-e-su-ral under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is caesural a common word?

caesural 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.