leoncita

Other forms of leoncita

plural

leoncitas·

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 leoncita

What does leoncita mean?

leoncita means "small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail".

How many syllables are in leoncita?

leoncita has 4 syllables and divides as le-on-ci-ta under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for leoncita?

Close synonyms include tamarin, lion monkey, lion marmoset. 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 leoncita a common word?

leoncita 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.