Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [lah-muh]
- /ˈlɑ mə/
- /ˈlɑː.mə/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [lah-muh]
- /ˈlɑ mə/
Definitions of llama word
- noun llama a woolly-haired South American ruminant of the genus Lama, believed to be a domesticated variety of the guanaco: often used as a beast of burden. 1
- noun llama the fine, soft fleece of the llama, combined with the wool for coating. 1
- noun llama A domesticated pack animal of the camel family found in the Andes, valued for its soft woolly fleece. 1
- noun llama Latin American mammal 1
- countable noun llama A llama is a South American animal with thick hair, which looks like a small camel without a hump. 0
- noun llama a domesticated South American cud-chewing mammal, Lama glama (or L. peruana), that is used as a beast of burden and is valued for its hair, flesh, and hide: family Camelidae (camels) 0
Information block about the term
Origin of llama
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Spanish < Quechua llama (with palatal l)
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Llama
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
llama popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
llama usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for llama
noun llama
- hog — a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- cow — A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.
- pig — an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
- swine — any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
Top questions with llama
- i hate it when a llama named carl?
- how to say llama in spanish?
- how do you spell llama?
- what is the difference between a llama and an alpaca?
- how much is a llama?
- i hate it when a llama named carl stabs me?
- what does se llama mean in spanish?
- what does a llama sound like?
- what is a llama?
- what is a baby llama called?
- what is the difference between an alpaca and a llama?
- what does llama mean?
- what does como se llama mean?
- what noise does a llama make?
- what does the llama say?