onager
ona·ger/ˈɑnəd͡ʒɚ/noun
onager is spelled O-N-A-G-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ona·ger). It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, onager means “The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of onager is onagers or onagri.
How many letters and syllables are in onager?
| Letters | 6: O-N-A-G-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ona·ger |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 onager?
Onager appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th 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 onager?
- UK /ˈɒnəd͡ʒə/
- UK /-ɡə/
- US /ˈɑnəd͡ʒɚ/
Onager has 2 syllables, split ona·ger in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-onager.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with onager?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as onager (/ɑnədʒəɹ/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: orange.
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 onager
- onagers plural
- onagri plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does onager mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).
- 2
A military engine acting like a sling which threw stones from a bag or wooden bucket powered by the torsion from a bundle of ropes or sinews operated by machinery; a torsion catapult.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Onager in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Asiatic wild ass or hemione:
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.