chaldee

1. 1.

   of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or language or culture

   SynonymsChaldeanChaldaean

Other forms of chaldee

plural

chaldees·

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 chaldee

What does chaldee mean?

chaldee means "a wise man skilled in occult learning". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chaldee?

chaldee has 2 syllables: chal-dee. The stress falls on "chal".

What is another word for chaldee?

Close synonyms include Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldean, Chaldaean, Chaldean. 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 chaldee a common word?

chaldee 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.