martinmas

Questions about martinmas

What does martinmas mean?

martinmas means "the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland".

How many syllables are in martinmas?

martinmas has 3 syllables and divides as mar-tin-mas 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 martinmas?

Close synonyms include St Martin's Day, 11 November. 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 martinmas a common word?

martinmas 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.