tamarau

Questions about tamarau

What does tamarau mean?

tamarau means "small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines".

How many syllables are in tamarau?

tamarau has 3 syllables and divides as ta-ma-rau 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 tamarau?

Close synonyms include tamarao, Bubalus mindorensis, Anoa mindorensis. 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 tamarau a common word?

tamarau 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.