egypt

Other forms of egypt

plural

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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 egypt

What does egypt mean?

egypt means "a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in egypt?

egypt has 2 syllables: e-gypt. The stress falls on "e". In IPA it is /ˈidʒəpt/.

What is another word for egypt?

Close synonyms include Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic, Egyptian Empire. 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 egypt a common word?

egypt is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.