madagascar

Other forms of madagascar

plural

madagascars·

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 madagascar

What does madagascar mean?

madagascar means "a republic on the island of Madagascar; achieved independence from France in 1960". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in madagascar?

madagascar has 4 syllables: mad-a-gas-car. The stress falls on "gas". In IPA it is /ˌmædəˈɡæskɚ/.

What is another word for madagascar?

Close synonyms include Republic of Madagascar, Malagasy Republic. 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 madagascar a common word?

madagascar 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.