masque

Questions about masque

What does masque mean?

masque means "a party of guests wearing costumes and masks".

How many syllables are in masque?

masque has 2 syllables and divides as ma-sque 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 masque?

Close synonyms include masquerade, masquerade party, mask. 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 masque a common word?

masque is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.