hezbollah

Other forms of hezbollah

plural

hezbollahs·

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 hezbollah

What does hezbollah mean?

hezbollah means "a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon".

How many syllables are in hezbollah?

hezbollah has 3 syllables: hez-bol-lah. The stress falls on "hez". In IPA it is /ˈhɛzbɑˌlʌ/.

What is another word for hezbollah?

Close synonyms include Hizballah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah, Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God. 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 hezbollah a common word?

hezbollah 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.