shoshonean

Other forms of shoshonean

plural

shoshoneans·

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 shoshonean

What does shoshonean mean?

shoshonean means "a subfamily of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken mainly in the southwestern United States".

How many syllables are in shoshonean?

shoshonean has 4 syllables: sho-sho-ne-an. The stress falls on "sho".

What is another word for shoshonean?

Close synonyms include Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language. 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 shoshonean a common word?

shoshonean 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.