cerebrum

Other forms of cerebrum

plural

cerebra

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 cerebrum

What does cerebrum mean?

cerebrum means "anterior portion of the brain consisting of two hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans".

How many syllables are in cerebrum?

cerebrum has 3 syllables and divides as ce-re-brum 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 cerebrum a common word?

cerebrum 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.