dulcet

Other forms of dulcet

comparative

dulcetter·

superlative

dulcettest·

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 dulcet

What does dulcet mean?

dulcet means "extremely pleasant in a gentle way". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dulcet?

dulcet has 2 syllables: dul-cet. The stress falls on "dul". In IPA it is /ˈdʌlsət/.

What is another word for dulcet?

Close synonyms include honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet. 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 dulcet a common word?

dulcet 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.