soma

Other forms of soma

plural

somata

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 soma

What does soma mean?

soma means "leafless East Indian vine; its sour milky juice formerly used to make an intoxicating drink". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in soma?

soma has 2 syllables: so-ma. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˈsoʊmɑ/.

What is another word for soma?

Close synonyms include haoma, Sarcostemma acidum, human body, physical body, material body. 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 soma a common word?

soma 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.