tamale

Questions about tamale

What does tamale mean?

tamale means "a city in northern Ghana". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tamale?

tamale has 3 syllables and divides as ta-ma-le 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 tamale?

Close synonyms include tamal. 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 tamale a common word?

tamale 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.