linguistics

Other forms of linguistics

plural

linguisticses·

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 linguistics

What does linguistics mean?

linguistics means "the scientific study of language". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in linguistics?

linguistics has 3 syllables: lin-guis-tics. The stress falls on "guis". In IPA it is /lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪks/.

What is another word for linguistics?

Close synonyms include philology. 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 linguistics a common word?

linguistics 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.