deimos

1. 1.

   the outer of two small satellites of Mars

   Broadersatellite

Other forms of deimos

plural

deimoses·

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 deimos

What does deimos mean?

deimos means "the outer of two small satellites of Mars".

How many syllables are in deimos?

deimos has 2 syllables and divides as dei-mos 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.