sesame

Other forms of sesame

plural

sesames·

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 sesame

What does sesame mean?

sesame means "East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil".

How many syllables are in sesame?

sesame has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈsɛsəmi/.

What is another word for sesame?

Close synonyms include benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum. 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 sesame a common word?

sesame 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.