basseterre

1. 1.

   the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher

   Broadernational capital

   Part ofSaint Kitts and Nevis

Other forms of basseterre

plural

basseterres·

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 basseterre

What does basseterre mean?

basseterre means "the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher".

How many syllables are in basseterre?

basseterre has 3 syllables: bas-se-terre. The stress falls on "bas".

Is basseterre a common word?

basseterre 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.