Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cessna

/ˈsɛsnə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables: cess-na
IPA: /ˈsɛsnə/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

An American aircraft manufacturer, founded by Clyde Cessna (1879–1954), now part of Textron Aviation.

noun

An airplane of the Cessna brand.

Example Sentences

"That airplane would sell for $1.5 million or more if Cessna or Piper or Aero Commander were building it today"
"John and I traveled together quite often […] sometimes we took John’s single-engine Cessna T210 and sometimes my twin-engine Cessna T310R"
"Three people who were onboard the twin-engine Cessna 310 when it crashed were killed, according to Michael LaSalle, assistant fire chief with Boca Raton Fire Rescue."

Inflected Forms

Cessnas (plural)

Rhymes With

vesna

Questions

How do you pronounce cessna?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛsnə/.
What does cessna mean?: A surname.

How to pronounce cessna

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