indo-european

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Indo-European language family

   SynonymsIndo-Germanic
2. 2.

   of or relating to the former Indo-European people

   “Indo-European migrations”

   SynonymsIndo-AryanAryan

Questions about indo-european

What does indo-european mean?

indo-european means "a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in indo-european?

indo-european has 6 syllables: in-do--e-u-ro-pean. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ˌɪndoʊˌjʊɹəˈpiən/.

What is another word for indo-european?

Close synonyms include Aryan, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-Germanic, Indo-Aryan. 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 indo-european a common word?

indo-european 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.

What rhymes with indo-european?

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