blazar
/ˈbleɪ.zɑɹ/noun
blazar is spelled B-L-A-Z-A-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blazar means “A very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole at the center of an active galaxy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blazar is blazars.
How many letters and syllables are in blazar?
| Letters | 6: B-L-A-Z-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 blazar?
Blazar appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th 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 blazar?
- US /ˈbleɪ.zɑɹ/
Blazar has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with blazar?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as blazar from its last stressed vowel (/eɪzɑɹ/):
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 blazar
- blazars plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does blazar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole at the center of an active galaxy.
- 2
An object which is either an optically violent variable quasar (OVV quasar) or a BL Lac object or which has properties of both.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Blazar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense astronomy: a very compact quasar, associated with a supermassive black hole:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | blazar |
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 blazar come from?
Blend of B + L + Lac + quasar. Coined by astronomer Edward Spiegel in 1978 from BL Lac object and quasar, punning blazing from its optical presentation compared to usual quasars. By surface analysis, blaze + -ar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).