archipelagic
/ɑːkɪpəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/adjective
archipelagic is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to an archipelago; of the nature of an archipelago” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-C-H-I-P-E-L-A-G-I-C, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does archipelagic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to an archipelago; of the nature of an archipelago.
Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce archipelagic?
- /ɑːkɪpəˈlæd͡ʒɪk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of archipelagic
- more archipelagic comparative
- most archipelagic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is archipelagic?
Archipelagic appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th 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).
Archipelagic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to archipelagos:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | arquipelágico |
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 archipelagic come from?
From archipelago + -ic. By surface analysis, archi- + -pelag + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).