Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gladiola

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables: glad-i-o-la
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

American usage

name

A female given name.

Example Sentences

"Mrs. Will Shere and daughter Gladiola of Ludington are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bennett."
"Gladiola Manning, 83, homemaker, widow of Clenzy Manning, died of heart failure Wednesday at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Osceola."
"Peggy was born January 16, 1934, to James Franklin Hines, Sr., and Gladiola Josephine Kimbrough Hines in Attala County, Mississippi."

Etymology

From gladiol(us) + -a.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: gladiolus

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

gladiolas (plural)

Synonyms

gladiolus glad sword lily

Rhymes With

cola ebola viola lola coca cola coca-cola motorola angola hola pensacola nola granola

Questions

What does gladiola mean?: Gladiolus.
Where does gladiola come from?: From gladiol(us) + -a.

How to pronounce gladiola

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