sombrero

1. 1.

   one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis

   Broaderisland

   Part ofSaint Kitts and Nevis
2. 2.

   a straw hat with a tall crown and broad brim; worn in American southwest and in Mexico

   Broaderhat

Other forms of sombrero

plural

sombreroes·

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 sombrero

What does sombrero mean?

sombrero means "one of the islands of Saint Christopher-Nevis". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sombrero?

sombrero has 3 syllables: som-brer-o. The stress falls on "brer". In IPA it is /sɑmˈbɹɛɹoʊ/.

Is sombrero a common word?

sombrero 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.