ailey

1. 1.

   United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931)

   SynonymsAlvin Ailey

   Broaderchoreographer

Other forms of ailey

plural

aileys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ailey

What does ailey mean?

ailey means "United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931)".

How many syllables are in ailey?

ailey has 2 syllables: ai-ley. The stress falls on "ai". In IPA it is /ˈeɪli/.

What is another word for ailey?

Close synonyms include Alvin Ailey. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ailey a common word?

ailey is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.