Sinaitic
Si·na·i·tic/saɪ.niːˈɪ.tɪk/adjective
Sinaitic is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-I-N-A-I-T-I-C and has 4 syllables (Si·na·i·tic), and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Sinaitic mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai.
the Sinaic law
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Sinaitic?
- /saɪ.niːˈɪ.tɪk/
- /saɪˈneɪ.tɪk/
Sinaitic has 4 syllables, split Si·na·i·tic in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Sinaitic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Sinaitic2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Sinaitic
- more Sinaitic comparative
- most Sinaitic superlative
- Sinaic
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Sinaitic?
Sinaitic appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th 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).
Sinaitic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to Mount Sinai:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | sinaíta |
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 Sinaitic come from?
From Sinai + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).