pavo

Questions about pavo

What does pavo mean?

pavo means "a small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pavo?

pavo has 2 syllables: pa-vo. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˈpɑvoʊ/.

What is another word for pavo?

Close synonyms include genus Pavo. 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 pavo a common word?

pavo 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.