argali

Questions about argali

What does argali mean?

argali means "wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia".

How many syllables are in argali?

argali has 3 syllables and divides as ar-ga-li 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 argali?

Close synonyms include argal, Ovis ammon. 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 argali a common word?

argali 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.