pekan

Questions about pekan

What does pekan mean?

pekan means "large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal".

How many syllables are in pekan?

pekan has 2 syllables and divides as pe-kan 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 pekan?

Close synonyms include fisher, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti. 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 pekan a common word?

pekan 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.