scarab

Questions about scarab

What does scarab mean?

scarab means "scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians".

How many syllables are in scarab?

scarab has 2 syllables and divides as sca-rab 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 scarab?

Close synonyms include scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer. 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 scarab a common word?

scarab 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.