cormorant
cor·mor·ant/ˈkɔɹməɹənt/noun
cormorant is spelled C-O-R-M-O-R-A-N-T: 9 letters and 3 syllables (cor·mor·ant). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cormorant means “Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cormorant is cormorants.
How many letters and syllables are in cormorant?
| Letters | 9: C-O-R-M-O-R-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: cor·mor·ant |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th 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 cormorant?
Cormorant appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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 cormorant?
- UK /ˈkɔːməɹənt/
- US /ˈkɔɹməɹənt/
- /ˈkɑm(ə)ɹənt/
Cormorant has 3 syllables, split cor·mor·ant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cormorant.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cormorant
- cormorants plural
- more cormorant comparative
- most cormorant superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cormorant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
- 2
archaicA voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.
adjective
- 1
archaicVoracious; aggressively greedy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cormorant in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense seabird of the family Phalacrocoracidae:
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 cormorant come from?
From Middle English cormeraunt (“great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo); other types of aquatic bird”) [and other forms], from Old French cormaran, cor-maraunt [and other forms] (modern French cormoran), possibly variants of *corp-marin, from Medieval Latin corvus marīnus (literally “sea-raven”), with the ending -morant possibly derived from French moran (“marine, maritime”), from Breton mor (“sea”), with -an corrupted in English to -ant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).