grecian

Other forms of grecian

plural

grecians·

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 grecian

What does grecian mean?

grecian means "a native or resident of Greece". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in grecian?

grecian has 2 syllables: gre-cian. The stress falls on "gre". In IPA it is /ˈɡɹiʃən/.

What is another word for grecian?

Close synonyms include Greek, Hellenic. 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 grecian a common word?

grecian 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.