evanescent

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   tending to vanish like vapor

   “evanescent beauty”

   Similarimpermanent

Questions about evanescent

What does evanescent mean?

evanescent means "tending to vanish like vapor".

How many syllables are in evanescent?

evanescent has 4 syllables: ev-a-nes-cent. The stress falls on "nes". In IPA it is /ˌɛvəˈnɛsənt/.

Is evanescent a common word?

evanescent 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.

What rhymes with evanescent?

1 word rhymes with evanescent. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.