isthmian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or forming an isthmus

Questions about isthmian

What does isthmian mean?

isthmian means "of or relating to or forming an isthmus".

How many syllables are in isthmian?

isthmian has 3 syllables and divides as isth-mi-an 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 isthmian a common word?

isthmian 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.