dunkerque

Other forms of dunkerque

plural

dunkerques·

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 dunkerque

What does dunkerque mean?

dunkerque means "a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dunkerque?

dunkerque has 3 syllables: dun-kerq-ue. The stress falls on "dun".

What is another word for dunkerque?

Close synonyms include Dunkirk, Dunkirk. 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 dunkerque a common word?

dunkerque 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.