apian

1. 1.

   relating to or having the characteristics of bees

Questions about apian

What does apian mean?

apian means "relating to or having the characteristics of bees".

How many syllables are in apian?

apian has 3 syllables and divides as a-pi-an 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 apian a common word?

apian 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.