lawrence

Other forms of lawrence

plural

lawrences·

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 lawrence

What does lawrence mean?

lawrence means "Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lawrence?

lawrence has 2 syllables: la-wrence. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˈlɔɹəns/.

What is another word for lawrence?

Close synonyms include Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence. 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 lawrence a common word?

lawrence 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.