elizabeth

1. 1.

   daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

   “Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain”

   SynonymsElizabeth II

   BroaderQueen of England

   Part ofWindsor
2. 2.

   Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)

   SynonymsElizabeth I

   BroaderQueen of England

   Part ofTudor

Other forms of elizabeth

plural

elizabeths·

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 elizabeth

What does elizabeth mean?

elizabeth means "daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in elizabeth?

elizabeth has 4 syllables: e-liz-a-beth. The stress falls on "liz". In IPA it is /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/.

What is another word for elizabeth?

Close synonyms include Elizabeth II, Elizabeth I. 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 elizabeth a common word?

elizabeth 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.