ligature

Other forms of ligature

plural

ligatures·

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 ligature

What does ligature mean?

ligature means "(music) a group of notes connected by a slur". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ligature?

ligature has 3 syllables and divides as li-ga-ture 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 ligature?

Close synonyms include binder, tying. 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 ligature a common word?

ligature is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.