sagittarius

Other forms of sagittarius

plural

sagittariuses·

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 sagittarius

What does sagittarius mean?

sagittarius means "(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sagittarius?

sagittarius has 5 syllables: sa-git-ta-ri-us. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for sagittarius?

Close synonyms include Archer, Sagittarius the Archer, Archer, genus Sagittarius. 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 sagittarius a common word?

sagittarius 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.