semantics

Other forms of semantics

plural

semanticses·

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 semantics

What does semantics mean?

semantics means "the study of language meaning". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in semantics?

semantics has 3 syllables: se-man-tics. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /sɪˈmæntɪks/.

Is semantics a common word?

semantics 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.