interpellate

Questions about interpellate

What does interpellate mean?

interpellate means "question formally about policy or government business".

How many syllables are in interpellate?

interpellate has 4 syllables and divides as in-ter-pel-late 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 interpellate a common word?

interpellate 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for interpellate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.