omphalus

Other forms of omphalus

plural

omphaluses·

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 omphalus

What does omphalus mean?

omphalus means "a scar where the umbilical cord was attached".

How many syllables are in omphalus?

omphalus has 3 syllables: om-pha-lus. The stress falls on "om".

What is another word for omphalus?

Close synonyms include navel, umbilicus, bellybutton, belly button, omphalos. 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 omphalus a common word?

omphalus 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.