residuum

Other forms of residuum

plural

residua

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 residuum

What does residuum mean?

residuum means "something left after other parts have been taken away".

How many syllables are in residuum?

residuum has 3 syllables: re-si-duum. The stress falls on "re".

What is another word for residuum?

Close synonyms include remainder, balance, residual, residue, rest. 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 residuum a common word?

residuum 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.