bunting

Other forms of bunting

plural

buntings·

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 bunting

What does bunting mean?

bunting means "a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bunting?

bunting has 2 syllables: bun-ting. The stress falls on "bun". In IPA it is /ˈbʌntɪŋ/.

Is bunting a common word?

bunting 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.