medicament
/ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/noun
medicament is spelled M-E-D-I-C-A-M-E-N-T: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, medicament means “A medicine, medication or drug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of medicament is medicaments.
How many letters and syllables are in medicament?
| Letters | 10: M-E-D-I-C-A-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 141,699th 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 medicament?
Medicament appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th 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 medicament?
- /ˈmɛdɪkəmənt/
- /məˈdɪkəmənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-medicament.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of medicament
- medicaments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does medicament mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A medicine, medication or drug.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does medicament come from?
From Middle English medicament, either from Middle French médicament or its etymon, Latin medicāmentum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).