Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wintergreen

/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
win-ter-green
IPA
/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any evergreen plant.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:

Countable; Uncountable

noun

One of various not closely related evergreen plants, including:

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English winter Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English wintergreen From winter + green.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wintergreens (plural)

Phrases

American wintergreen chickweed wintergreen creeping wintergreen English wintergreen false wintergreen flowering wintergreen lesser wintergreen oil of wintergreen

Frequently Paired Words

pinedrops pinesap shinleaf surgical spirit

Synonyms

shinleaf boxberry checkerberry partridgeberry spiceberry teaberry mountain tea groundberry ground-berry creeping wintergreen gaultheria procumbens

Questions

How do you pronounce wintergreen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/.
What does wintergreen mean?
Any evergreen plant.
Where does wintergreen come from?
Etymology tree English winter Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *gróh₁nis Proto-Germanic *grōniz Proto-West Germanic *grōnī Old English grēne Middle English grene English green English wintergreen From winter + green.

How to pronounce wintergreen

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “wintergreen”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈwɪntə(ɹ)ˌɡɹiːn/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “wintergreen”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “wintergreen” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.