tandem

Other forms of tandem

plural

tandems·

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 tandem

What does tandem mean?

tandem means "an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tandem?

tandem has 2 syllables: tan-dem. The stress falls on "tan". In IPA it is /ˈtændəm/.

What is another word for tandem?

Close synonyms include bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle, in tandem. 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 tandem a common word?

tandem 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.