lesseps

What does lesseps mean?

lesseps means "French diplomat who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1805-1894)".

How many syllables are in lesseps?

lesseps has 2 syllables and divides as les-seps under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lesseps?

Close synonyms include Ferdinand de Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps. 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 lesseps a common word?

lesseps 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lesseps come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.