chrysalis

1. 1.

   pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon

   Broaderpupa

Other forms of chrysalis

plural

chrysalides

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 chrysalis

What does chrysalis mean?

chrysalis means "pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon".

How many syllables are in chrysalis?

chrysalis has 3 syllables: chrys-a-lis. The stress falls on "chrys". In IPA it is /ˈkɹɪsəlɪs/.

Is chrysalis a common word?

chrysalis 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.