pipistrelle

Questions about pipistrelle

What does pipistrelle mean?

pipistrelle means "small European brown bat".

How many syllables are in pipistrelle?

pipistrelle has 4 syllables and divides as pi-pi-stre-lle 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 pipistrelle?

Close synonyms include pipistrel, Pipistrellus pipistrellus. 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 pipistrelle a common word?

pipistrelle 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.