caftan

Questions about caftan

What does caftan mean?

caftan means "a woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in caftan?

caftan has 2 syllables: caf-tan. The stress falls on "caf". In IPA it is /ˈkæfˌtæn/.

What is another word for caftan?

Close synonyms include kaftan, kaftan. 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 caftan a common word?

caftan 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.

What rhymes with caftan?

6 words rhyme with caftan. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.