cambrian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Wales or its people or their language

   “the Welsh coast”

   “Welsh syntax”

   SynonymsWelsh

Other forms of cambrian

plural

cambrians·

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 cambrian

What does cambrian mean?

cambrian means "from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cambrian?

cambrian has 3 syllables: cam-bri-an. The stress falls on "cam". In IPA it is /ˈkæmbɹiən/.

What is another word for cambrian?

Close synonyms include Cambrian period, Welshman, Welsh, Cymry, Welsh. 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 cambrian a common word?

cambrian 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 cambrian?

1 word rhymes with cambrian. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.