paigle

Other forms of paigle

plural

paigles·

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 paigle

What does paigle mean?

paigle means "Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paigle?

paigle has 2 syllables: pai-gle. The stress falls on "pai".

What is another word for paigle?

Close synonyms include oxlip, Primula elatior, cowslip, Primula veris. 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 paigle a common word?

paigle 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.