penguin

Other forms of penguin

plural

penguins·

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 penguin

What does penguin mean?

penguin means "short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet and wings modified as flippers".

How many syllables are in penguin?

penguin has 2 syllables: pen-guin. The stress falls on "pen". In IPA it is /ˈpɛŋɡwən/.

Is penguin a common word?

penguin 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.