dostoevsky

Other forms of dostoevsky

plural

dostoevskies·

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 dostoevsky

What does dostoevsky mean?

dostoevsky means "Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)".

How many syllables are in dostoevsky?

dostoevsky has 3 syllables: do-stoev-sky. The stress falls on "stoev". In IPA it is /ˌdɔˈstoʊvski/.

What is another word for dostoevsky?

Close synonyms include Dostoyevsky, Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski. 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 dostoevsky a common word?

dostoevsky 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 dostoevsky?

1 word rhymes with dostoevsky. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.