angus

Other forms of angus

plural

anguses·

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 angus

What does angus mean?

angus means "Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in angus?

angus has 2 syllables: an-gus. The stress falls on "an". In IPA it is /ˈæŋɡəs/.

What is another word for angus?

Close synonyms include Angus Og, Aengus, Oengus, Aberdeen Angus, black Angus. 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 angus a common word?

angus 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.