psophia

Questions about psophia

What does psophia mean?

psophia means "type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters".

How many syllables are in psophia?

psophia has 3 syllables and divides as pso-phi-a 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 psophia?

Close synonyms include genus Psophia. 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 psophia a common word?

psophia 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.