hermeneutic

1. 1.

   interpretive or explanatory

Questions about hermeneutic

What does hermeneutic mean?

hermeneutic means "interpretive or explanatory".

How many syllables are in hermeneutic?

hermeneutic has 5 syllables and divides as her-me-ne-u-tic 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.

Is hermeneutic a common word?

hermeneutic 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.