court-martial

Questions about court-martial

What does court-martial mean?

court-martial means "a military court to try members of the armed services who are accused of serious breaches of martial law". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in court-martial?

court-martial has 3 syllables: court--mar-tial. The stress falls on "court-". In IPA it is /ˈkɔɹtˌmɑɹʃəl/.

Is court-martial a common word?

court-martial is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 court-martial?

3 words rhyme with court-martial. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.