Austroasiatic
/ˌɔstɹoʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/adjective
Austroasiatic is spelled A-U-S-T-R-O-A-S-I-A-T-I-C: 13 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Austroasiatic means “Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Austroasiatic?
| Letters | 13: A-U-S-T-R-O-A-S-I-A-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Austroasiatic?
Austroasiatic appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th 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).
How do you pronounce Austroasiatic?
- UK /ˌɔːstɹəʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/
- US /ˌɔstɹoʊˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/
Austroasiatic has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-Austroasiatic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Austroasiatic?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Austroasiatic from its last stressed vowel (/ætɪk/):
- democratic
- automatic
- diplomatic
- static
- problematic
- systematic
- traumatic
- bureaucratic
- erratic
- pancreatic
- aromatic
- enigmatic
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Austroasiatic
- more Austroasiatic comparative
- most Austroasiatic superlative
- Austro-Asiatic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Austroasiatic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of the Austroasiatic languages, a major language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia, India and the Nicobar Islands.
- 2
Australasian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Austroasiatic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | austroasiatique |
| German | austroasiatisch |
| Portuguese | austro-asiático |
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 Austroasiatic come from?
Borrowed from German Austroasiatisch, austroasiatisch, coined by Wilhelm Schmidt, from Latin auster (“south”) + German asiatisch (“Asian”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).