doric

1. 1.

   the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris

   SynonymsDoric dialect

   BroaderAncient Greek

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture

Other forms of doric

plural

dorics·

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 doric

What does doric mean?

doric means "the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in doric?

doric has 2 syllables: do-ric. The stress falls on "do". In IPA it is /ˈdɔɹɪk/.

What is another word for doric?

Close synonyms include Doric dialect. 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 doric a common word?

doric is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.