Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

staves

/stævz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
staves
IPA
/stævz/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of staff.

noun

plural of stave

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of stave

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

name

plural of Stave

Etymology

Variant of Staff, with excrescent -s.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /stævz/
  • British English: /steɪvz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Staveses (plural)

Rhymes With

waves slaves saves graves caves braves behaves craves raves shaves paves waives

Questions

How do you pronounce staves?
The recorded pronunciation is /stævz/.
What does staves mean?
plural of staff.
Where does staves come from?
Variant of Staff, with excrescent -s.

How to pronounce staves

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