mayer

1. 1.

   United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)

   SynonymsMarie Goeppert Mayer

   Broadernuclear physicist
2. 2.

   United States filmmaker (born in Russia) who founded his own film company and later merged with Samuel Goldwyn (1885-1957)

   SynonymsLouis B. MayerLouis Burt Mayer

   Broaderfilm maker

Other forms of mayer

plural

mayers·

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 mayer

What does mayer mean?

mayer means "United States physicist (born in Germany) noted for her research on the structure of the atom (1906-1972)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mayer?

mayer has 2 syllables: ma-yer. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ˈmeɪɚ/.

What is another word for mayer?

Close synonyms include Marie Goeppert Mayer, Louis B. Mayer, Louis Burt Mayer. 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 mayer a common word?

mayer 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.

What rhymes with mayer?

1 word rhymes with mayer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.