aristophanes

1. 1.

   an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC)

   Broaderdramatist

Other forms of aristophanes

plural

aristophaneses·

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 aristophanes

What does aristophanes mean?

aristophanes means "an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC)".

How many syllables are in aristophanes?

aristophanes has 5 syllables: ar-i-sto-pha-nes. The stress falls on "sto". In IPA it is /ˌæɹəˈstɔfəniz/.

Is aristophanes a common word?

aristophanes 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.