kazan

Other forms of kazan

plural

kazans·

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 kazan

What does kazan mean?

kazan means "United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kazan?

kazan has 2 syllables: ka-zan. The stress falls on "ka". In IPA it is /ˈkeɪzən/.

What is another word for kazan?

Close synonyms include Elia Kazan, Elia Kazanjoglous. 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 kazan a common word?

kazan 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.