Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

llama

/ˈlɑmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: lla-ma
IPA: /ˈlɑmə/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.

noun

A firearm, especially a handgun.

Slang

noun

Archaic form of lama.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"He was, as it were, a great Llama, shut up in a holy of holies, inscrutable, invisible, inexorable,—not to be seen by men's eyes or heard by their ears, hardly to be mentioned by ordinary men at such periods as these without an inward quaking."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish llama, from Quechua llama.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: llama

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈlɑmə/
British English: /ˈlɑː.mə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

llamas (plural)

Derived Forms

cama lamoid llamacide llamalike llamanaco llamoid

Phrases

berserk llama syndrome drama llama

Homonyms

lama

Rhymes With

obama drama mama lama momma mamma osama comma sama rama yokohama saitama

Questions

How do you pronounce llama?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɑmə/.
What does llama mean?: A South American mammal of the camel family, Lama glama, used as a domestic beast of burden and a source of wool and meat.
Where does llama come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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