aquila

Other forms of aquila

plural

aquilas·

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 aquila

What does aquila mean?

aquila means "a constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the star Altair". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aquila?

aquila has 3 syllables: aq-ui-la. The stress falls on "aq". In IPA it is /ˈækwələ/.

What is another word for aquila?

Close synonyms include L'Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi, genus Aquila. 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 aquila a common word?

aquila 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.