hussein

Other forms of hussein

plural

husseins·

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 hussein

What does hussein mean?

hussein means "Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War (born in 1937)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hussein?

hussein has 2 syllables: hus-sein. The stress falls on "sein". In IPA it is /huˈseɪn/.

What is another word for hussein?

Close synonyms include Husain, Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saddam, Saddam bin Hussein at-Takriti. 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 hussein a common word?

hussein is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with hussein?

3 words rhyme with hussein. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.