scarabaeus

Questions about scarabaeus

What does scarabaeus mean?

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

How many syllables are in scarabaeus?

scarabaeus has 5 syllables and divides as sca-ra-ba-e-us 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 scarabaeus?

Close synonyms include scarab, 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 scarabaeus a common word?

scarabaeus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.