kodiak

Other forms of kodiak

plural

kodiaks·

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 kodiak

What does kodiak mean?

kodiak means "an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kodiak?

kodiak has 3 syllables: ko-di-ak. The stress falls on "ko". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊdiˌæk/.

What is another word for kodiak?

Close synonyms include Kodiak Island, Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi. 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 kodiak a common word?

kodiak 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 kodiak?

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