kern

Other forms of kern

plural

kerns·

past tense

kerned·

present participle

kerning·

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 kern

What does kern mean?

kern means "United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kern?

kern has 1 syllable: kern. In IPA it is /ˈkɝn/.

What is another word for kern?

Close synonyms include Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern. 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 kern a common word?

kern is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.