cebu

Other forms of cebu

plural

cebus·

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 cebu

What does cebu mean?

cebu means "an important seaport on the island of Cebu in the Philippines". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cebu?

cebu has 2 syllables: ce-bu. The stress falls on "bu". In IPA it is /siˈbu/.

What is another word for cebu?

Close synonyms include Cebu City. 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 cebu a common word?

cebu 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.

What rhymes with cebu?

7 words rhyme with cebu. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.