tilapia

Questions about tilapia

What does tilapia mean?

tilapia means "a genus of Cichlidae".

How many syllables are in tilapia?

tilapia has 4 syllables and divides as ti-la-pi-a 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 tilapia?

Close synonyms include genus Tilapia. 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 tilapia a common word?

tilapia 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.