raphia

Other forms of raphia

plural

raphias·

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 raphia

What does raphia mean?

raphia means "leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in raphia?

raphia has 3 syllables: ra-phi-a. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for raphia?

Close synonyms include raffia, Raffia, genus Raffia, genus Raphia. 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 raphia a common word?

raphia 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.