sumerian

1. 1.

   a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer

   BroaderBabylonian

1. 1.

   of or relating to ancient Sumer or its inhabitants

Other forms of sumerian

plural

sumerians·

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 sumerian

What does sumerian mean?

sumerian means "a member of a people who inhabited ancient Sumer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sumerian?

sumerian has 4 syllables: su-me-ri-an. The stress falls on "ri".

Is sumerian a common word?

sumerian 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.