acacia
/əˈkeɪ.ʃə/noun
acacia is spelled A-C-A-C-I-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, acacia means “A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of acacia is acacias or acaciae.
How many letters and syllables are in acacia?
| Letters | 6: A-C-A-C-I-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is acacia?
Acacia appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce acacia?
- UK /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
- UK /əˈkeɪ.sjə/
- US /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/
Acacia has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-acacia.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of acacia
- acacias plural
- acaciae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does acacia mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
- 2
The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica, Egyptian acacia).
- 3
A false acacia; robinia tree (Robinia pseudoacacia).
- 4
Gum arabic; gum acacia.
- 5
Any of several related trees, such as a locust tree.
- 6
A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
- 7
acacia
- 8
A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Acacia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shrub or tree:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does acacia come from?
From Latin acacia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), either from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) (compare ἀκή (akḗ, “point”)) or more likely a Pre-Greek word. First attested before 1398. Doublet of cassie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).