massorete

What does massorete mean?

massorete means "a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah)".

How many syllables are in massorete?

massorete has 3 syllables and divides as mas-so-rete 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 massorete?

Close synonyms include Masorete, Masorite. 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 massorete a common word?

massorete 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for massorete come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.