semitic

Other forms of semitic

plural

semitics·

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 semitic

What does semitic mean?

semitic means "of or relating to the group of Semitic languages". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in semitic?

semitic has 3 syllables: se-mit-ic. The stress falls on "mit". In IPA it is /səˈmɪtɪk/.

What is another word for semitic?

Close synonyms include Semite. 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 semitic a common word?

semitic 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.

What rhymes with semitic?

1 word rhymes with semitic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.