dracula

Questions about dracula

What does dracula mean?

dracula means "comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dracula?

dracula has 3 syllables: drac-u-la. The stress falls on "drac". In IPA it is /ˈdɹækjulə/.

What is another word for dracula?

Close synonyms include genus Dracula. 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 dracula a common word?

dracula is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.