How do you pronounce islamic?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/.

islamic

/ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: is-lam-ic
IPA: /ɪsˈlɑːmɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, originating in, characteristic of, or deriving from Muslims or Islam.

noun

An Islamist.

American usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Muslims were recognized [in Bosnia and Hercegovina] as an ethnic nationality in 1969. Today the republic is 40 percent Islamic."
"Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment."
"This war is between the democracies of the free world and radical Islamics."

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama) Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām)bor. English Islam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin Islāmus Latin -icus New Latin islāmicusder.? French islamiqueder.? English Islamic From Islam + -ic, probably after New Latin islāmicus or French islamique.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: islāmicus, islamique

Usage

American usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more Islamic (comparative) most Islamic (superlative) Islāmic (alternative) Islamics (plural)

Derived Forms

Islamicate Islamicness

Phrases

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Islamic republic Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Pan-Islam

Synonyms

Muslim Muslimistic Muslimic Muslimish Muslimly Muslamic moslem

Rhymes With

economic non-economic comic atomic socioeconomic macroeconomic balsamic ergonomic autonomic subatomic anatomic gastronomic