almond

Other forms of almond

plural

almonds·

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 almond

What does almond mean?

almond means "small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in almond?

almond has 2 syllables: al-mond. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈɑmənd/.

What is another word for almond?

Close synonyms include sweet almond, Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis. 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 almond a common word?

almond is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.