cross-linguistically

1. 1.

   by comparing languages

   “she studied the phenomenon cross-linguistically”

Questions about cross-linguistically

What does cross-linguistically mean?

cross-linguistically means "by comparing languages".

How many syllables are in cross-linguistically?

cross-linguistically has 7 syllables and divides as cros-s-lin-gu-i-sti-cal-ly 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-linguistically a common word?

cross-linguistically 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.