tunic
/ˈtjuːnɪk/noun
tunic is spelled T-U-N-I-C: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tunic means “A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tunic is tunics.
How many letters and syllables are in tunic?
| Letters | 5: T-U-N-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd 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 tunic?
Tunic appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 tunic?
- /ˈtjuːnɪk/
- /ˈtuːnɪk/
Tunic has 2 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-tunic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tunic
- tunics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tunic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
- 2
Any covering, such as seed coat or the organ that covers a membrane.
- 3
Synonym of gymslip.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tunic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense garment:
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 tunic come from?
Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic (compare Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנת (kuttoneth, “coat”), English chiton); or from Etruscan. Existed in Old English as tunece; unknown if that term was lost and then reborrowed later. Doublet of tunica.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).