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jacinth

ja·cinth
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jey-sinth, jas-inth]
    • /ˈdʒeɪ sɪnθ, ˈdʒæs ɪnθ/
    • /ˈdʒæ.ˌsɪnθ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jey-sinth, jas-inth]
    • /ˈdʒeɪ sɪnθ, ˈdʒæs ɪnθ/

Definitions of jacinth word

  • noun jacinth a female given name, form of Hyacinth. 1
  • noun jacinth A reddish -orange gem variety of zircon. 1
  • noun jacinth hyacinth (sense 1) hyacinth (sense 1b) 0
  • noun jacinth reddish orange 0
  • noun jacinth A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth. 0

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Origin of jacinth

First appearance:

before 1200
One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; < Medieval Latin jacinthus, Latin hyacinthus hyacinth; replacing Middle English jacinct < Old French jacincte < Medieval Latin jacinctus, variant of jacinthus

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Parts of speech for Jacinth

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

jacinth popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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