tatum

Other forms of tatum

plural

tatums·

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 tatum

What does tatum mean?

tatum means "United States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tatum?

tatum has 2 syllables: ta-tum. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /ˈteɪtəm/.

What is another word for tatum?

Close synonyms include Edward Lawrie Tatum, Art Tatum, Arthur Tatum. 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 tatum a common word?

tatum 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.