council

Other forms of council

plural

councils·

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 council

What does council mean?

council means "a body serving in an administrative capacity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in council?

council has 2 syllables: coun-cil. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊnsəl/.

Is council a common word?

council is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with council?

1 word rhymes with council. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.