hyacinth

Other forms of hyacinth

plural

hyacinths·

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 hyacinth

What does hyacinth mean?

hyacinth means "a red transparent variety of zircon used as a gemstone". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hyacinth?

hyacinth has 3 syllables: hy-a-cinth. The stress falls on "hy". In IPA it is /ˈhaɪəˌsɪnθ/.

What is another word for hyacinth?

Close synonyms include jacinth. 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 hyacinth a common word?

hyacinth is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.