sothis

Questions about sothis

What does sothis mean?

sothis means "the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major".

How many syllables are in sothis?

sothis has 2 syllables and divides as so-this under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sothis?

Close synonyms include Sirius, Dog Star, Canicula. 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 sothis a common word?

sothis 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.