Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carpet beetle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
car-pet bee-tle
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of numerous species of beetles in the family Dermestidae, especially in the genus Anthrenus, which are pests that cause extensive damage to wool, leather, silk, feathers, many stored products, and animal specimens.

Inflected Forms

carpet beetles (plural)

Phrases

black carpet beetle brown carpet beetle buffalo carpet beetle common carpet beetle furniture carpet beetle varied carpet beetle

Synonyms

carpet bug

Questions

What does carpet beetle mean?
Any of numerous species of beetles in the family Dermestidae, especially in the genus Anthrenus, which are pests that cause extensive damage to wool, leather, silk, feathers, many stored products, and animal specimens.

How to pronounce carpet beetle

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