diaphragm

Other forms of diaphragm

plural

diaphragms·

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 diaphragm

What does diaphragm mean?

diaphragm means "a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diaphragm?

diaphragm has 3 syllables: di-aph-ragm. The stress falls on "di". In IPA it is /ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/.

What is another word for diaphragm?

Close synonyms include stop, midriff, pessary, contraceptive diaphragm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diaphragm a common word?

diaphragm 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 diaphragm?

1 word rhymes with diaphragm. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.