delilah

Other forms of delilah

plural

delilahs·

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 delilah

What does delilah mean?

delilah means "(Old Testament) the Philistine mistress of Samson who betrayed him by cutting off his hair and so deprived him of his strength". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in delilah?

delilah has 3 syllables: de-li-lah. The stress falls on "li". In IPA it is /dəˈlaɪlə/.

What is another word for delilah?

Close synonyms include enchantress, temptress, siren, femme fatale. 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 delilah a common word?

delilah 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.