mariposa

Other forms of mariposa

plural

mariposas·

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 mariposa

What does mariposa mean?

mariposa means "any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico".

How many syllables are in mariposa?

mariposa has 4 syllables: mar-i-po-sa. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˌmæɹɪˈpoʊsə/.

What is another word for mariposa?

Close synonyms include mariposa tulip, mariposa lily. 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 mariposa a common word?

mariposa 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.