cross-linguistic

1. 1.

   relating to different languages

   “cross-linguistic evidence”

Questions about cross-linguistic

What does cross-linguistic mean?

cross-linguistic means "relating to different languages".

How many syllables are in cross-linguistic?

cross-linguistic has 5 syllables and divides as cros-s-lin-gu-i-stic 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 cross-linguistic a common word?

cross-linguistic 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.