hemis
He·misnoun
hemis is a noun meaning “plural of hemi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-E-M-I-S and has 2 syllables (He·mis), and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does hemis mean?
noun
- 1
plural of hemi
adjective
- 1
datedDated form of Jemez.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hemis?
Hemis has 2 syllables, split He·mis in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hemis?
Hemis appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd 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).
Where does hemis come from?
Borrowed from Jemez hį́·mį́š (“people”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).