folderal

Questions about folderal

What does folderal mean?

folderal means "ornamental objects of no great value".

How many syllables are in folderal?

folderal has 3 syllables and divides as fol-de-ral under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for folderal?

Close synonyms include falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense. 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 folderal a common word?

folderal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.