cervantes

1. 1.

   Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)

   SynonymsMiguel de CervantesCervantes SaavedraMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra

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Other forms of cervantes

plural

cervanteses·

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 cervantes

What does cervantes mean?

cervantes means "Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)".

How many syllables are in cervantes?

cervantes has 3 syllables: cer-van-tes. The stress falls on "van". In IPA it is /sɛɹˈvɑntɛs/.

What is another word for cervantes?

Close synonyms include Miguel de Cervantes, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. 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 cervantes a common word?

cervantes 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.