ladybird

Other forms of ladybird

plural

ladybirds·

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 ladybird

What does ladybird mean?

ladybird means "small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests".

How many syllables are in ladybird?

ladybird has 3 syllables: la-dy-bird. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˈleɪdiˌbɝd/.

What is another word for ladybird?

Close synonyms include ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird beetle. 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 ladybird a common word?

ladybird 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 ladybird?

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