totem

Questions about totem

What does totem mean?

totem means "a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in totem?

totem has 2 syllables: to-tem. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtoʊtəm/.

Is totem a common word?

totem is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for totem come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.