Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wisteria

/wɪsˈtɛriə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: wis-te-ria
IPA: /wɪsˈtɛriə/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Certain other woody plants that resemble those of Wisteria spp..

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I know it's typical of me to keep secrets to find my way back again Touch of conditional love Reasons to keep me from binding the pathogen Wisteria grows I just want a clear view"
"(I’m too often haunted by a line from her 2006 novel, Wicked!, in which she tackles 9/11 by lamenting that the “people leaping out of the flaming tower windows” tragically had “no wisteria to aid their descent.”)"

Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Wisteria.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /wɪsˈtɛriə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

wisterias (plural)

Phrases

American wisteria Atlantic wisteria Chinese wisteria Japanese wisteria Mississippi wisteria silky wisteria summer wisteria swamp wisteria

Frequently Paired Words

wistaria

Synonyms

wistaria

Questions

How do you pronounce wisteria?: The recorded pronunciation is /wɪsˈtɛriə/.
What does wisteria mean?: Any of several woody climbing vines, of the genus Wisteria, native to the East Asian countries of China, Korea, and Japan and the eastern United States.
Where does wisteria come from?: Borrowed from taxonomic name Wisteria.

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