bardo
bar·do/ˈbɑɹdoʊ/noun
bardo is spelled B-A-R-D-O: 5 letters and 2 syllables (bar·do). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bardo means “The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bardo is bardos.
How many letters and syllables are in bardo?
| Letters | 5: B-A-R-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: bar·do |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 65,114th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bardo?
Bardo appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 65,114th 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 bardo?
- UK /ˈbɑːdəʊ/
- US /ˈbɑɹdoʊ/
Bardo has 2 syllables, split bar·do in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bardo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bardo?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bardo from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɹdoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: board, broad, abord, dobra.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bardo
- bardos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bardo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Bardo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state of existence between death and subsequent reincarnation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bardo |
| German | Bardo |
| Portuguese | bardo |
| Spanish | bardo budista |
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 bardo come from?
Borrowed from Tibetan བར་དོ (bar do), from བར (bar, “interval”) + དོ (do, “two”), in the sense of an interval between two states.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).