ern

Questions about ern

What does ern mean?

ern means "bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland".

How many syllables are in ern?

ern has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ern?

Close synonyms include erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle. 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 ern a common word?

ern 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.