jordan

Other forms of jordan

plural

jordans·

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 jordan

What does jordan mean?

jordan means "a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jordan?

jordan has 2 syllables: jor-dan. The stress falls on "jor". In IPA it is /ˈdʒɔɹdən/.

What is another word for jordan?

Close synonyms include Jordan River, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 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 jordan a common word?

jordan 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.