hispanic

Other forms of hispanic

plural

hispanics·

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 hispanic

What does hispanic mean?

hispanic means "an American whose first language is Spanish". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hispanic?

hispanic has 3 syllables: hi-span-ic. The stress falls on "span". In IPA it is /hɪˈspænɪk/.

What is another word for hispanic?

Close synonyms include Spanish American, Hispanic American, Latino. 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 hispanic a common word?

hispanic 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.