saffron

Other forms of saffron

plural

saffrons·

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 saffron

What does saffron mean?

saffron means "Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in saffron?

saffron has 2 syllables: saf-fron. The stress falls on "saf". In IPA it is /ˈsæfɹən/.

What is another word for saffron?

Close synonyms include saffron crocus, Crocus sativus, orange yellow. 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 saffron a common word?

saffron is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.