robin

Other forms of robin

plural

robins·

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 robin

What does robin mean?

robin means "small Old World songbird with a reddish breast". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in robin?

robin has 2 syllables: ro-bin. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /ˈɹɑbən/.

What is another word for robin?

Close synonyms include redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola, American robin. 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 robin a common word?

robin 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.