arnica

Questions about arnica

What does arnica mean?

arnica means "used especially in treating bruises". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arnica?

arnica has 3 syllables and divides as ar-ni-ca 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 arnica a common word?

arnica 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.