empedocles

1. 1.

   Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)

   Broaderphilosopher

Other forms of empedocles

plural

empedocleses·

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 empedocles

What does empedocles mean?

empedocles means "Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)".

How many syllables are in empedocles?

empedocles has 3 syllables: em-pedo-cles. The stress falls on "em".

Is empedocles a common word?

empedocles 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.