coterie

Other forms of coterie

plural

coteries·

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 coterie

What does coterie mean?

coterie means "an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose".

How many syllables are in coterie?

coterie has 3 syllables: co-te-rie. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊtɚi/.

What is another word for coterie?

Close synonyms include clique, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp. 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 coterie a common word?

coterie 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.