mafioso

Questions about mafioso

What does mafioso mean?

mafioso means "a member of the Sicilian Mafia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mafioso?

mafioso has 4 syllables and divides as ma-fi-o-so 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.

Is mafioso a common word?

mafioso 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.