Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

festooned

/fˌɛstˈund/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: fes-tooned
IPA: /fˌɛstˈund/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Decorated with a string of lights, flowers, or paper hung in a curve between two points. It can also be used more broadly to describe a place that is richly decorated or covered in something, especially for a special occasion.

verb

simple past and past participle of festoon

Inflected Forms

more festooned (comparative) most festooned (superlative)

Derived Forms

overfestooned unfestooned

Rhymes With

tuned attuned marooned pruned ballooned swooned lampooned impugned

Questions

How do you pronounce festooned?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˌɛstˈund/.
What does festooned mean?: Decorated with a string of lights, flowers, or paper hung in a curve between two points. It can also be used more broadly to describe a place that is richly decorated or covered in something, especially for a special occasion.

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