hemisphere

Other forms of hemisphere

plural

hemispheres·

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 hemisphere

What does hemisphere mean?

hemisphere means "half of the terrestrial globe". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hemisphere?

hemisphere has 3 syllables: hem-i-sphere. The stress falls on "hem". In IPA it is /ˈhɛmɪˌsfɪɹ/.

What is another word for hemisphere?

Close synonyms include cerebral hemisphere. 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 hemisphere a common word?

hemisphere 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 hemisphere?

4 words rhyme with hemisphere. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.