medusa

Other forms of medusa

plural

medusae

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 medusa

What does medusa mean?

medusa means "(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in medusa?

medusa has 3 syllables: me-du-sa. The stress falls on "du". In IPA it is /məˈdusə/.

What is another word for medusa?

Close synonyms include medusoid, medusan. 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 medusa a common word?

medusa 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.