wigeon

Questions about wigeon

What does wigeon mean?

wigeon means "freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals".

How many syllables are in wigeon?

wigeon has 3 syllables and divides as wi-ge-on 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 wigeon?

Close synonyms include widgeon, Anas penelope. 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 wigeon a common word?

wigeon 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.