maintenon

Questions about maintenon

What does maintenon mean?

maintenon means "French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719)".

How many syllables are in maintenon?

maintenon has 3 syllables and divides as main-te-non 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 maintenon?

Close synonyms include Marquise de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon. 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 maintenon a common word?

maintenon 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.