mexican

Other forms of mexican

plural

mexicans·

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 mexican

What does mexican mean?

mexican means "a native or inhabitant of Mexico". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mexican?

mexican has 3 syllables: mex-i-can. The stress falls on "mex". In IPA it is /ˈmɛksəkən/.

Is mexican a common word?

mexican is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.