diner

Other forms of diner

plural

diners·

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 diner

What does diner mean?

diner means "a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diner?

diner has 2 syllables: di-ner. The stress falls on "di". In IPA it is /ˈdaɪnɚ/.

What is another word for diner?

Close synonyms include dining car, dining compartment, buffet car. 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 diner a common word?

diner 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.