guernsey

1. 1.

   a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey

   Synonymsisland of Guernsey

   BroaderChannel Island
2. 2.

   breed of dairy cattle from the island of Guernsey

   Broaderdairy cattle

Other forms of guernsey

plural

guernseys·

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 guernsey

What does guernsey mean?

guernsey means "a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in guernsey?

guernsey has 2 syllables: guern-sey. The stress falls on "guern". In IPA it is /ˈɡɝnzi/.

What is another word for guernsey?

Close synonyms include island of Guernsey. 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 guernsey a common word?

guernsey 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.