latrobe

1. 1.

   United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820)

   SynonymsBenjamin Henry Latrobe

   Broaderarchitect

Other forms of latrobe

plural

latrobes·

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 latrobe

What does latrobe mean?

latrobe means "United States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820)".

How many syllables are in latrobe?

latrobe has 2 syllables: la-trobe. The stress falls on "trobe". In IPA it is /lɑˈtɹoʊb/.

What is another word for latrobe?

Close synonyms include Benjamin Henry Latrobe. 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 latrobe a common word?

latrobe 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.