matai

Questions about matai

What does matai mean?

matai means "conifer of Australia and New Zealand".

How many syllables are in matai?

matai has 2 syllables and divides as ma-tai 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.

What is another word for matai?

Close synonyms include black pine, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata. 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 matai a common word?

matai 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.