haldane

Other forms of haldane

plural

haldanes·

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 haldane

What does haldane mean?

haldane means "Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in haldane?

haldane has 2 syllables: hal-dane. The stress falls on "hal".

What is another word for haldane?

Close synonyms include J. B. S. Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, John Haldane, John Scott Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane. 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 haldane a common word?

haldane 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.