clematis

Other forms of clematis

plural

clematises·

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 clematis

What does clematis mean?

clematis means "any of various ornamental climbing plants of the genus Clematis usually having showy flowers".

How many syllables are in clematis?

clematis has 3 syllables: clem-a-tis. The stress falls on "clem". In IPA it is /ˈklɛmətɪs/.

Is clematis a common word?

clematis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.