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cimmerian

/sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/adjective

cimmerian is spelled C-I-M-M-E-R-I-A-N: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, cimmerian means “Perpetually dark or gloomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in cimmerian?

Letters9: C-I-M-M-E-R-I-A-N
Syllables4 (from its pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is cimmerian?

Cimmerian 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).

How do you pronounce cimmerian?

  • UK /sɪˈmɪə.ɹi.ən/
  • US /sɪˈmɪ(ə)ɹ.i.ən/

Cimmerian has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What rhymes with cimmerian?

7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cimmerian from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹiən/):

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 cimmerian

  • more cimmerian comparative
  • most cimmerian superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does cimmerian mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Perpetually dark or gloomy.

  2. 2

    Mentally dark; ignorant; benighted.

noun

as Cimmerian
  1. 1

    Any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit a land of perpetual darkness.

  2. 2

    One of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads of Indo-European origin.

  3. 3

    The prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Cimmerium in Italy.

adjective

as Cimmerian
  1. 1

    Pertaining to the ancient Cimmerians.

  2. 2

    Characteristic of Cimmeria, especially in having particularly dense darkness etc.

  3. 3

    Related to the prehistoric continent of Cimmeria.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Cimmerian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Germankimmerisch (perpetually dark or gloomy), Kimmerier, Kimmerierin (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads…)
Portuguesecimério (any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit…)
Spanishcimerio (any of the mythical people supposed to inhabit…)
FrenchCimmérien (one of the Cimmerii, ancient equestrian nomads…)

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 cimmerian come from?

From Cimmerian.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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