kali

Other forms of kali

plural

kalis·

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 kali

What does kali mean?

kali means "bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kali?

kali has 2 syllables: ka-li. The stress falls on "ka". In IPA it is /ˈkɑˌli/.

What is another word for kali?

Close synonyms include saltwort, barilla, glasswort, kelpwort, Salsola kali. 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 kali a common word?

kali 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.

What rhymes with kali?

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