Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

languishes

/lˈæŋɡwɪʃɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
lan-guish-es
IPA
/lˈæŋɡwɪʃɪz/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

How do you pronounce languishes?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈæŋɡwɪʃɪz/.
What does languishes mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of languish

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