carlyle

1. 1.

   Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)

   SynonymsThomas Carlyle

   Broaderhistorian

Other forms of carlyle

plural

carlyles·

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 carlyle

What does carlyle mean?

carlyle means "Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)".

How many syllables are in carlyle?

carlyle has 2 syllables: ca-rlyle. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˈkɑɹˌlaɪl/.

What is another word for carlyle?

Close synonyms include Thomas Carlyle. 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 carlyle a common word?

carlyle 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.