ivry

Questions about ivry

What does ivry mean?

ivry means "a battle (1590) in which the Huguenots under Henry IV defeated the Catholics under the duke of Mayenne".

How many syllables are in ivry?

ivry has 2 syllables and divides as iv-ry 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 ivry?

Close synonyms include battle of Ivry, Ivry la Bataille. 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 ivry a common word?

ivry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.