maple-leaf

1. 1.

   the emblem of Canada

   Broaderemblem

Questions about maple-leaf

What does maple-leaf mean?

maple-leaf means "the emblem of Canada".

How many syllables are in maple-leaf?

maple-leaf has 4 syllables and divides as ma-ple--le-af 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 maple-leaf a common word?

maple-leaf is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.