sentiment
/ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/noun
sentiment is spelled S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sentiment means “A general thought, feeling, or sense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sentiment is sentiments.
How many letters and syllables are in sentiment?
| Letters | 9: S-E-N-T-I-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th 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 sentiment?
Sentiment appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th 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 sentiment?
- /ˈsɛn.tɪ.mənt/
Sentiment has 3 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: En-us-sentiment.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sentiment
- sentiments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sentiment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A general thought, feeling, or sense.
The sentiment emerged that we were acting too soon.
- 2
Feelings, especially tender feelings, as apart from reason or judgment, or of a weak or foolish kind.
Near-synonyms: feels; maudlinness
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sentiment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sentiment |
| Portuguese | sentimento |
| Spanish | sentimiento |
| German | Gefühl |
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 sentiment come from?
From Old French sentement, from Latin sentimentum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).