interjection

Other forms of interjection

plural

interjections·

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 interjection

What does interjection mean?

interjection means "an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotion". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in interjection?

interjection has 4 syllables: in-ter-jec-tion. The stress falls on "jec". In IPA it is /ˌɪntɚˈdʒɛkʃən/.

What is another word for interjection?

Close synonyms include ejaculation, interposition, interpolation, interpellation. 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 interjection a common word?

interjection 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 interjection?

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