paramedic
/ˌpæɹəˈmɛdɪk/noun
paramedic is spelled P-A-R-A-M-E-D-I-C: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, paramedic means “A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of paramedic is paramedics.
How many letters and syllables are in paramedic?
| Letters | 9: P-A-R-A-M-E-D-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,651st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is paramedic?
Paramedic appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,651st 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 paramedic?
- /ˌpæɹəˈmɛdɪk/
- /ˌpɛɹəˈmɛdɪk/
Paramedic has 4 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)-Vealhurl-paramedic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of paramedic
- paramedics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does paramedic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person trained to medically stabilize people through various interventions for victims of trauma or medical events outside of a hospital setting and prepare them for transport to a medical facility.
- 2
USA person who is licensed at the state or national level to practice medical interventions in an emergency prehospital setting.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Paramedic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense person trained to stabilize people outside of hospital:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ambulancier, ambulancière, brancardier, brancardière |
| German | Sanitäter, Sanitäterin, Rettungssanitäter, Rettungssanitäterin, Sanitätspersonal |
| Portuguese | paramédico, paramédica |
| Spanish | paramédico, paramédica |
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 paramedic come from?
From para- + medic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).