tyrannosaurus
/tɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/noun
tyrannosaurus is a noun meaning “Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-Y-R-A-N-N-O-S-A-U-R-U-S and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tyrannosaurus is tyrannosauri or tyrannosauruses.
What does tyrannosaurus mean?
noun
- 1
Any large carnivorous dinosaur, of the genus Tyrannosaurus, found in North America during the late Cretaceous period.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tyrannosaurus?
- /tɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/
- /taɪˌɹænəˈsɔːɹəs/
Tyrannosaurus has 5 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)-Flame,_not_lame-tyrannosaurus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tyrannosaurus
- tyrannosauri plural
- tyrannosauruses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tyrannosaurus?
Tyrannosaurus appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 47,633rd 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).
Tyrannosaurus in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dinosaur:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tyrannosaure |
| German | Tyrannosaurus |
| Portuguese | tiranossauro |
| Spanish | tiranosaurio |
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 tyrannosaurus come from?
From translingual Tyrannosaurus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “tyrant”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”). Doublet of tyrannosaur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).