cowslip

Other forms of cowslip

plural

cowslips·

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 cowslip

What does cowslip mean?

cowslip means "early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cowslip?

cowslip has 2 syllables: cow-slip. The stress falls on "cow". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊslɪp/.

What is another word for cowslip?

Close synonyms include paigle, Primula veris, marsh marigold, kingcup, meadow bright. 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 cowslip a common word?

cowslip 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.