red bay

R r

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [red bey]
- /rɛd beɪ/
- /red beɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [red bey]
- /rɛd beɪ/

Definition of red bay words

noun red bay an evergreen tree, Persea borbonia, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having faintly bluish-green leaves and blue or blue-black, red-stalked fruit, grown as an ornamental. 1

Just one definition for red bay

Information block about the term

Origin of red bay

First appearance:

before 1720

One of the 49% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1720-30

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Red bay

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Red bay

red bay popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

red bay usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer