liquorice

Other forms of liquorice

plural

liquorices·

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 liquorice

What does liquorice mean?

liquorice means "deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in liquorice?

liquorice has 3 syllables: liq-uo-rice. The stress falls on "liq".

What is another word for liquorice?

Close synonyms include licorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice. 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 liquorice a common word?

liquorice 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.