descartes

What does descartes mean?

descartes means "French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)".

How many syllables are in descartes?

descartes has 2 syllables: descar-tes. The stress falls on "tes". In IPA it is /deɪˈkɑɹt/.

What is another word for descartes?

Close synonyms include Rene Descartes. 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 descartes a common word?

descartes is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 descartes?

3 words rhyme with descartes. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for descartes 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.