arboresque

Questions about arboresque

What does arboresque mean?

arboresque means "resembling a tree in form and branching structure".

How many syllables are in arboresque?

arboresque has 4 syllables and divides as ar-bo-re-sque 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.

What is another word for arboresque?

Close synonyms include arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform. 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 arboresque a common word?

arboresque 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.