raptus

Other forms of raptus

plural

raptuses·

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 raptus

What does raptus mean?

raptus means "a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raptus?

raptus has 2 syllables: rap-tus. The stress falls on "rap".

What is another word for raptus?

Close synonyms include seizure, ictus, ecstasy, rapture, transport. 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 raptus a common word?

raptus 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.