frankincense

Questions about frankincense

What does frankincense mean?

frankincense means "an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation".

How many syllables are in frankincense?

frankincense has 3 syllables: fran-kin-cense. The stress falls on "fran". In IPA it is /ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/.

What is another word for frankincense?

Close synonyms include olibanum, gum olibanum, thus. 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 frankincense a common word?

frankincense 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.

What rhymes with frankincense?

3 words rhyme with frankincense. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.