allen

1. 1.

   United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)

   SynonymsGracie AllenGrace Ethel Cecile Rosalie AllenGracie

   Broadercomedienne
2. 2.

   United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)

   SynonymsWoody AllenAllen Stewart Konigsberg

   Broaderfilm makeractor
3. 3.

   a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)

   SynonymsEthan Allen

   Broadersoldier

Other forms of allen

plural

allens·

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 allen

What does allen mean?

allen means "United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in allen?

allen has 2 syllables: al-len. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈælən/.

What is another word for allen?

Close synonyms include Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg. 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 allen a common word?

allen is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.