goldfinch

Other forms of goldfinch

plural

goldfinches·

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 goldfinch

What does goldfinch mean?

goldfinch means "American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in goldfinch?

goldfinch has 2 syllables: gold-finch. The stress falls on "gold". In IPA it is /ˈɡoʊldˌfɪntʃ/.

What is another word for goldfinch?

Close synonyms include New World goldfinch, yellowbird, Spinus tristis, Carduelis carduelis. 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 goldfinch a common word?

goldfinch 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 goldfinch?

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