endocentric

1. 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 and divides as en-do-cen-tric 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.

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.