aeriferous

1. 1.

   conveying air; as the bronchial tubes

Questions about aeriferous

What does aeriferous mean?

aeriferous means "conveying air; as the bronchial tubes".

How many syllables are in aeriferous?

aeriferous has 5 syllables and divides as a-e-ri-fe-rous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is aeriferous a common word?

aeriferous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.