menagerie

Questions about menagerie

What does menagerie mean?

menagerie means "a collection of live animals for study or display". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in menagerie?

menagerie has 4 syllables: me-nag-e-rie. The stress falls on "nag". In IPA it is /məˈnædʒɚi/.

What is another word for menagerie?

Close synonyms include zoo, zoological garden. 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 menagerie a common word?

menagerie 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.