etna

Other forms of etna

plural

etnas·

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 etna

What does etna mean?

etna means "an inactive volcano in Sicily; last erupted in 1961; the highest volcano in Europe (10,500 feet)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in etna?

etna has 2 syllables: et-na. The stress falls on "et". In IPA it is /ˈɛtnə/.

What is another word for etna?

Close synonyms include Mount Etna, Mt Etna, bunsen burner, bunsen. 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 etna a common word?

etna 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.