ederle

1. 1.

   United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003)

   SynonymsGertrude EderleGertrude Caroline Ederle

   Broaderswimmer

Other forms of ederle

plural

ederles·

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 ederle

What does ederle mean?

ederle means "United States swimmer who in 1926 became the first woman to swim the English Channel (1906-2003)".

How many syllables are in ederle?

ederle has 3 syllables: e-de-rle. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for ederle?

Close synonyms include Gertrude Ederle, Gertrude Caroline Ederle. 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 ederle a common word?

ederle 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.