Arabism
noun
Arabism is spelled A-R-A-B-I-S-M: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Arabism means “An idiom characteristic of the Arabic language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Arabism is Arabisms.
How many letters and syllables are in Arabism?
| Letters | 7: A-R-A-B-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Arabism?
Arabism appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of Arabism
- Arabisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Arabism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An idiom characteristic of the Arabic language.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arabism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense an idiom characteristic of the Arabic language:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Arabism come from?
From Arab + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).