iseult

What does iseult mean?

iseult means "(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other".

How many syllables are in iseult?

iseult has 3 syllables and divides as i-se-ult under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for iseult?

Close synonyms include Isolde. 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 iseult a common word?

iseult 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for iseult come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.