madras

Other forms of madras

plural

madrases·

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 madras

What does madras mean?

madras means "a state in southeastern India on the Bay of Bengal (south of Andhra Pradesh); formerly Madras". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in madras?

madras has 2 syllables: mad-ras. The stress falls on "mad". In IPA it is /ˈmædɹəs/.

What is another word for madras?

Close synonyms include Tamil Nadu, Chennai. 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 madras a common word?

madras 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.