davy

What does davy mean?

davy means "English chemist who was a pioneer in electrochemistry and who used it to isolate elements sodium and potassium and barium and boron and calcium and magnesium and chlorine (1778-1829)".

How many syllables are in davy?

davy has 2 syllables: da-vy. The stress falls on "da". In IPA it is /ˈdeɪvi/.

What is another word for davy?

Close synonyms include Humphrey Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy. 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 davy a common word?

davy 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for davy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.