albatross

Other forms of albatross

plural

albatrosses·

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 albatross

What does albatross mean?

albatross means "(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in albatross?

albatross has 3 syllables: al-ba-tross. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈælbəˌtɹɑs/.

What is another word for albatross?

Close synonyms include millstone, mollymawk. 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 albatross a common word?

albatross is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.