Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forget-me-not

/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables
for-get-me-not
IPA
/fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.

noun

Any of certain species of genus Cynoglossum

noun

A light tint of blue, the color of the flower.

noun

Any of various light-blue coloured lycaenid butterflies of the Asian and Australasian genus Catochrysops, especially Catochrysops strabo native to India and Southeast Asia.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of Middle French ne m'oubliez mie or German Vergissmeinnicht.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Vergissmeinnicht

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/
  • British English: /fəˈɡɛt.miːˌnɒt/

Inflected Forms

forget-me-nots (plural)

Phrases

Chinese forget-me-not

Frequently Paired Words

see at Appendix:Colors

Synonyms

mouse ear myosotis scorpiodes

Questions

How do you pronounce forget-me-not?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɚˈɡɛt.miˌnɑt/.
What does forget-me-not mean?
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Myosotis, mostly with a small five-petalled blue flower; a flower from such a plant.
Where does forget-me-not come from?
It is traced to German.

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