frankfurter

Other forms of frankfurter

plural

frankfurters·

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 frankfurter

What does frankfurter mean?

frankfurter means "a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll".

How many syllables are in frankfurter?

frankfurter has 3 syllables: frank-fur-ter. The stress falls on "frank". In IPA it is /ˈfɹæŋkfɚtɚ/.

What is another word for frankfurter?

Close synonyms include frank, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener. 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 frankfurter a common word?

frankfurter 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.