capricorn

Other forms of capricorn

plural

capricorns·

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 capricorn

What does capricorn mean?

capricorn means "(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capricorn?

capricorn has 3 syllables: cap-ri-corn. The stress falls on "cap". In IPA it is /ˈkæpɹəkɔɹn/.

What is another word for capricorn?

Close synonyms include Goat, Capricornus, Capricorn the Goat, Goat. 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 capricorn a common word?

capricorn 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.