marjoram

Other forms of marjoram

plural

marjorams·

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 marjoram

What does marjoram mean?

marjoram means "aromatic Eurasian perennial". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in marjoram?

marjoram has 3 syllables: mar-jo-ram. The stress falls on "mar". In IPA it is /ˈmɑdʒɚəm/.

What is another word for marjoram?

Close synonyms include oregano, pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum vulgare. 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 marjoram a common word?

marjoram 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.