orchid

Other forms of orchid

plural

orchids·

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 orchid

What does orchid mean?

orchid means "any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors".

How many syllables are in orchid?

orchid has 2 syllables: or-chid. The stress falls on "or". In IPA it is /ˈɔɹkəd/.

What is another word for orchid?

Close synonyms include orchidaceous plant. 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 orchid a common word?

orchid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.