caruso

1. 1.

   outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921)

   SynonymsEnrico Caruso

   Broadertenor

Other forms of caruso

plural

carusoes·

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 caruso

What does caruso mean?

caruso means "outstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921)".

How many syllables are in caruso?

caruso has 3 syllables: ca-ru-so. The stress falls on "ru". In IPA it is /kɚˈusoʊ/.

What is another word for caruso?

Close synonyms include Enrico Caruso. 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 caruso a common word?

caruso 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.