baikal

Questions about baikal

What does baikal mean?

baikal means "the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world".

How many syllables are in baikal?

baikal has 2 syllables and divides as bai-kal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for baikal?

Close synonyms include Lake Baikal, Baykal, Lake Baykal. 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 baikal a common word?

baikal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.