Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calceolaria

/ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: cal-ceo-lar-ia
IPA: /ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Calceolaria.

Example Sentences

"Such well-fed creatures he declared he had never met—no, not even excepting the ones that, gorged with his own calceolarias, had met his stricken gaze only a few mornings back."

Etymology

From translingual Calceolaria, the genus of slipperworts, from Latin calceolus (“slipper, little shoe”) + -āria (“-ary: forming plant names”), from calceus (“calceus, footwear”) + -olus (“-ole: forming diminutives”), , from calx (“heel”) + -eus (adjective-forming suffix).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Calceolaria, calceolus

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/

Inflected Forms

calceolarias (plural)

Synonyms

slipperwort

Rhymes With

area bulgaria malaria bavaria samaria aquaria urticaria varia carpentaria militaria rosaria araucaria

Questions

How do you pronounce calceolaria?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkalsiːəʊˈlɛːrɪə/.
What does calceolaria mean?: Any plant of the genus Calceolaria.
Where does calceolaria come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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