clemens

1. 1.

   United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)

   SynonymsSamuel Langhorne ClemensMark Twain

   Broaderwriterhumorist

Other forms of clemens

plural

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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 clemens

What does clemens mean?

clemens means "United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)".

How many syllables are in clemens?

clemens has 2 syllables: clem-ens. The stress falls on "clem". In IPA it is /ˈklɛmənz/.

What is another word for clemens?

Close synonyms include Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain. 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 clemens a common word?

clemens 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.