lipread

Questions about lipread

What does lipread mean?

lipread means "interpret by lipreading; of deaf people".

How many syllables are in lipread?

lipread has 3 syllables and divides as li-pre-ad 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 lipread?

Close synonyms include lip-read, speech-read. 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 lipread a common word?

lipread 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.