jersey

Other forms of jersey

plural

jerseys·

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 jersey

What does jersey mean?

jersey means "a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jersey?

jersey has 2 syllables: jer-sey. The stress falls on "jer". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɝzi/.

What is another word for jersey?

Close synonyms include New Jersey, Garden State, NJ, N.J., island of Jersey. 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 jersey a common word?

jersey is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.