pigeon

Other forms of pigeon

plural

pigeons·

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 pigeon

What does pigeon mean?

pigeon means "wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs".

How many syllables are in pigeon?

pigeon has 2 syllables: pig-eon. The stress falls on "pig". In IPA it is /ˈpɪdʒən/.

Is pigeon a common word?

pigeon is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.