county

Other forms of county

plural

counties·

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 county

What does county mean?

county means "(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in county?

county has 2 syllables: coun-ty. The stress falls on "coun". In IPA it is /ˈkaʊnti/.

Is county a common word?

county 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.