wigwam

1. 1.

   a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides

   Broaderlodge

Other forms of wigwam

plural

wigwams·

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 wigwam

What does wigwam mean?

wigwam means "a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides".

How many syllables are in wigwam?

wigwam has 2 syllables: wig-wam. The stress falls on "wig". In IPA it is /ˈwɪɡwɑm/.

Is wigwam a common word?

wigwam 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.