landsmal

Questions about landsmal

What does landsmal mean?

landsmal means "one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects".

How many syllables are in landsmal?

landsmal has 2 syllables and divides as land-smal 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.

What is another word for landsmal?

Close synonyms include Nynorsk, New Norwegian, Landsmaal. 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 landsmal a common word?

landsmal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.