absinthe

Other forms of absinthe

plural

absinthes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about absinthe

What does absinthe mean?

absinthe means "aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in absinthe?

absinthe has 2 syllables: ab-sinthe. The stress falls on "ab". In IPA it is /ˈæbsɪnθ/.

What is another word for absinthe?

Close synonyms include common wormwood, old man, lad's love, Artemisia absinthium, absinth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is absinthe a common word?

absinthe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.