tsetse

Questions about tsetse

What does tsetse mean?

tsetse means "bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.".

How many syllables are in tsetse?

tsetse has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈtsitsi/.

What is another word for tsetse?

Close synonyms include tsetse fly, tzetze fly, tzetze, glossina. 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 tsetse a common word?

tsetse 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.