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syringe

sy·ringe/səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/noun, verb

syringe is spelled S-Y-R-I-N-G-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (sy·ringe). It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, syringe means “A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of syringe is syringes.

How many letters and syllables are in syringe?

Letters7: S-Y-R-I-N-G-E
Syllables2: sy·ringe
In writing1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 syringe?

Syringe appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th 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 syringe?

  • UK /sɪˈɹɪn(d)ʒ/
  • UK /ˈsɪɹɪn(d)ʒ/
  • US /səˈɹɪnd͡ʒ/

Syringe has 2 syllables, split sy·ringe in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-syringe.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with syringe?

3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as syringe from its last stressed vowel (/ɪndʒ/):

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 syringe

  • syringes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • syringing participle, present
  • syringed participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does syringe mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A device used for injecting or drawing fluids through a membrane.

  2. 2

    A device consisting of a hypodermic needle, a chamber for containing liquids, and a piston for applying pressure (to inject) or reducing pressure (to draw); a hypodermic syringe.

    an ear syringe

verb

  1. 1

    To clean or rinse by means of a syringe.

    Have your ears syringed! They're so dirty!

  2. 2

    To inject by means of a syringe.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Syringe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpoire (a device used for injecting or drawing fluids…), seringue (hypodermic syringe)
GermanSpritze (a device used for injecting or drawing fluids…), ausspülen (to clean or rinse), spritzen, injizieren (to inject)
Portugueseseringa (a device used for injecting or drawing fluids…)
Spanishjeringa (a device used for injecting or drawing fluids…), jeringuilla (hypodermic syringe)

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 syringe come from?

From Middle French syringe (“syringe”), from Latin sȳringem, accusative of sȳrinx (“reed, panpipe”), from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of syrinx.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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