How do you pronounce rhinoceros?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/.

rhinoceros

/ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: rhi-noc-er-os
IPA: /ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/

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Meaning

noun

Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.

noun

An ungulate mammal of the superfamily Rhinocerotoidea, including the hornless Paraceratherium.

Example Sentences

"Herein therefore to draw up our determinations beside the several pieces of Scripture mentioning this Animal (which some may well contend to be only meant of the Rhinoceros) we are so far from denying there is any Unicorn at all, that we affirme there are many kinds thereof. In the number of Quadrapedes we will concede no less then five; that is the Indian Oxe, Indian Ass, Rhinoceros, the Oryx, and that which is more eminently termed Monoceros, or Unicornis."

Etymology

From Latin rhīnocerōs, from Ancient Greek ῥῑνόκερως (rhīnókerōs, “nose-horned”), composed of ῥῑ́ς, ῥῑνός (rhī́s, rhīnós, “nose, of (the) nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱerh₂-, ῥῑνόκερως

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹaɪˈnɑ.sə.ɹəs/
British English: /ɹaɪˈnɒs.ə.ɹəs/

Inflected Forms

rhinoceroses (plural) rhinocerosses (plural, uncommon) rhinoceri (nonstandard, plural) rhinoceroi (nonstandard, plural) rhinocerotes (archaic, plural)

Derived Forms

rhinocerical rhinocerine rhinoceroslike rhinocerotic Rhino Rhinos

Phrases

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Synonyms

rhino rhinocerotid