armadillo

Other forms of armadillo

plural

armadilloes·

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 armadillo

What does armadillo mean?

armadillo means "burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates".

How many syllables are in armadillo?

armadillo has 4 syllables: ar-ma-dil-lo. The stress falls on "dil". In IPA it is /ˌɑɹməˈdɪloʊ/.

Is armadillo a common word?

armadillo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.