terminus

Other forms of terminus

plural

termini

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 terminus

What does terminus mean?

terminus means "a place where something ends or is complete". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in terminus?

terminus has 3 syllables: ter-mi-nus. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˈtɝmɪnəs/.

What is another word for terminus?

Close synonyms include end point, endpoint, termination, destination, terminal figure. 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 terminus a common word?

terminus 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.