zephyr

Other forms of zephyr

plural

zephyrs·

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 zephyr

What does zephyr mean?

zephyr means "a slight wind (usually refreshing)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zephyr?

zephyr has 2 syllables: zep-hyr. The stress falls on "zep". In IPA it is /ˈzɛfɚ/.

What is another word for zephyr?

Close synonyms include breeze, gentle wind, air. 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 zephyr a common word?

zephyr 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.