Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vanilla-y

/vəˈnɪlə.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
vanil-la-y
IPA
/vəˈnɪlə.i/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like or resembling vanilla in flavour.

Informal

Etymology

From vanilla + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more vanilla-y (comparative) most vanilla-y (superlative) vanilla-ey (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce vanilla-y?
The recorded pronunciation is /vəˈnɪlə.i/.
What does vanilla-y mean?
Like or resembling vanilla in flavour.
Where does vanilla-y come from?
From vanilla + -y.

How to pronounce vanilla-y

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