What does endocentric mean?

endocentric means "fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents".

How many syllables are in endocentric?

endocentric has 4 syllables: en-do-cen-tric. The stress falls on "cen".

What is the opposite of endocentric?

The recorded antonyms are exocentric.

Is endocentric a common word?

endocentric 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.

endocentric — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents
“when `three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction”
Antonymsexocentric
grammar

Questions about endocentric

What does endocentric mean?: endocentric means "fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents".
How many syllables are in endocentric?: endocentric has 4 syllables: en-do-cen-tric. The stress falls on "cen".
What is the opposite of endocentric?: The recorded antonyms are exocentric.
Is endocentric a common word?: endocentric 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for endocentric come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents
“when `three blind mice' serves as a noun it is an endocentric construction”
Antonymsexocentric
grammar

Questions about endocentric

What does endocentric mean?: endocentric means "fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents".
How many syllables are in endocentric?: endocentric has 4 syllables: en-do-cen-tric. The stress falls on "cen".
What is the opposite of endocentric?: The recorded antonyms are exocentric.
Is endocentric a common word?: endocentric 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for endocentric come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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