Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laburnum

/ləˈbɝnəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: labur-num
IPA: /ləˈbɝnəm/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any tree of the genus Laburnum.

Example Sentences

"[…] Lord Henry Wotton could just catch the gleam of the honey-sweet and honey-coloured blossoms of a laburnum, whose tremulous branches seemed hardly able to bear the burden of a beauty so flame-like as theirs[.]"
"The trees began to come fully alive. The larches and birches were covered with green, the laburnums with gold."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laburnum.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ləˈbɝnəm/
British English: /ləˈbɜːnəm/

Inflected Forms

laburnums (plural)

Derived Forms

laburnine

Phrases

alpine laburnum Dalmatian laburnum Scotch laburnum Scottish laburnum

Synonyms

gold chain golden chain golden rain

Questions

How do you pronounce laburnum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ləˈbɝnəm/.
What does laburnum mean?: Any tree of the genus Laburnum.
Where does laburnum come from?: Borrowed from Latin laburnum.

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