bronte

Other forms of bronte

plural

brontes·

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 bronte

What does bronte mean?

bronte means "English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bronte?

bronte has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈbɹɑnti/.

What is another word for bronte?

Close synonyms include Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Currer Bell, Charlotte Bronte. 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 bronte a common word?

bronte 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.