turmeric

Other forms of turmeric

plural

turmerics·

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 turmeric

What does turmeric mean?

turmeric means "widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in turmeric?

turmeric has 3 syllables: tur-me-ric. The stress falls on "tur". In IPA it is /ˈtɝməˌɹɪk/.

What is another word for turmeric?

Close synonyms include Curcuma longa, Curcuma domestica. 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 turmeric a common word?

turmeric 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.

What rhymes with turmeric?

1 word rhymes with turmeric. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.