bartlett

Other forms of bartlett

plural

bartletts·

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 bartlett

What does bartlett mean?

bartlett means "United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bartlett?

bartlett has 2 syllables: bart-lett. The stress falls on "bart". In IPA it is /ˈbɑɹtlɪt/.

What is another word for bartlett?

Close synonyms include Robert Bartlett, Robert Abram Bartlett, Captain Bob, John Bartlett, bartlett pear. 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 bartlett a common word?

bartlett 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.