cro-magnon

1. 1.

   extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe

   BroaderHomo sapiens

   Part ofgenus Homo

Questions about cro-magnon

What does cro-magnon mean?

cro-magnon means "extinct human of Upper Paleolithic in Europe".

How many syllables are in cro-magnon?

cro-magnon has 3 syllables and divides as cro--mag-non 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 cro-magnon a common word?

cro-magnon 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.