zinnia

Other forms of zinnia

plural

zinnias·

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 zinnia

What does zinnia mean?

zinnia means "any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads".

How many syllables are in zinnia?

zinnia has 3 syllables: zin-ni-a. The stress falls on "zin". In IPA it is /ˈzɪniə/.

What is another word for zinnia?

Close synonyms include old maid, old maid flower. 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 zinnia a common word?

zinnia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.