accipiter
/ækˈsɪp.ə.tɚ/noun
accipiter is spelled A-C-C-I-P-I-T-E-R: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, accipiter means “Any hawk of the genus Accipiter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of accipiter is accipiters.
How many letters and syllables are in accipiter?
| Letters | 9: A-C-C-I-P-I-T-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is accipiter?
Accipiter appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 accipiter?
- US /ækˈsɪp.ə.tɚ/
Accipiter has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-accipiter.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of accipiter
- accipiters plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does accipiter mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
- 2
Any hawk formerly classified in the genus Accipiter, such as Tachyspiza and Astur.
- 3
A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does accipiter come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin accipiter (“hawk”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).