akee

Other forms of akee

plural

akees·

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 akee

What does akee mean?

akee means "widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by William Bligh". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in akee?

akee has 2 syllables: a-kee. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for akee?

Close synonyms include akee tree, Blighia sapida, ackee. 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 akee a common word?

akee 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.