lily

Other forms of lily

plural

lilies·

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 lily

What does lily mean?

lily means "any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers".

How many syllables are in lily?

lily has 2 syllables: lil-y. The stress falls on "lil". In IPA it is /ˈlɪli/.

Is lily a common word?

lily is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 lily?

1 word rhymes with lily. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.