embonpoint

Other forms of embonpoint

plural

embonpoints·

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 embonpoint

What does embonpoint mean?

embonpoint means "the bodily property of being well rounded". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in embonpoint?

embonpoint has 3 syllables: em-bon-point. The stress falls on "em".

What is another word for embonpoint?

Close synonyms include plumpness, roundness, chubby, plump. 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 embonpoint a common word?

embonpoint 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.