symposium
/sɪmˈpoʊziəm/noun
symposium is spelled S-Y-M-P-O-S-I-U-M: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, symposium means “A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of symposium is symposiums or symposia.
How many letters and syllables are in symposium?
| Letters | 9: S-Y-M-P-O-S-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.1 times per million words; the 12,764th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is symposium?
Symposium appears 4.1 times per million words in written English, the 12,764th 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 symposium?
- UK /sɪmˈpəʊziəm/
- US /sɪmˈpoʊziəm/
- Australia /sɪmˈpəʉziəm/
Symposium 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)-Vininn126-symposium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with symposium?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as symposium from its last stressed vowel (/oʊziəm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of symposium
- symposiums plural
- symposia plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does symposium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
- 2
A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.
- 3
A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate symposium?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of symposium: symp..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Symposium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which:
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 symposium come from?
Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”), from συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). Morphologically compare compotation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).