hellene

Other forms of hellene

plural

hellenes·

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 hellene

What does hellene mean?

hellene means "a native or inhabitant of Greece".

How many syllables are in hellene?

hellene has 2 syllables: hel-lene. The stress falls on "hel".

What is another word for hellene?

Close synonyms include Greek. 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 hellene a common word?

hellene 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.