cervix

Other forms of cervix

plural

cervices

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 cervix

What does cervix mean?

cervix means "the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cervix?

cervix has 2 syllables: cer-vix. The stress falls on "cer". In IPA it is /ˈsɝvɪks/.

What is another word for cervix?

Close synonyms include neck, uterine cervix, cervix uteri. 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 cervix a common word?

cervix 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.