ultimatum

1. 1.

   a final peremptory demand

   Broaderdemand

Other forms of ultimatum

plural

ultimata

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 ultimatum

What does ultimatum mean?

ultimatum means "a final peremptory demand".

How many syllables are in ultimatum?

ultimatum has 4 syllables: ul-ti-ma-tum. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˌʌltəˈmeɪtəm/.

Is ultimatum a common word?

ultimatum 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.