iroquois

Other forms of iroquois

plural

iroquoises·

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 iroquois

What does iroquois mean?

iroquois means "any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in iroquois?

iroquois has 3 syllables: ir-oq-uois. The stress falls on "ir". In IPA it is /ˈɪɹəˌkwɔɪ/.

What is another word for iroquois?

Close synonyms include Iroquoian, Iroquoian language. 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 iroquois a common word?

iroquois 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.