jacinth
/ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ/noun
jacinth is a noun meaning “A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-A-C-I-N-T-H and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 66 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Jacinth, the name). The plural of jacinth is jacinths.
What does jacinth mean?
noun
- 1
A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce jacinth?
- /ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ/
- /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.sɪnθ/
Jacinth has 2 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-jacinth.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of jacinth
- jacinths plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is jacinth?
Jacinth appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Jacinth, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Jacinth in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a gemstone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | jacinto |
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 jacinth come from?
From Middle English jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from Old English iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).