melanchthon

What does melanchthon mean?

melanchthon means "German theologian and Luther's successor as leader of the Reformation in Germany (1497-1560)".

How many syllables are in melanchthon?

melanchthon has 3 syllables and divides as me-lanch-thon 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 melanchthon?

Close synonyms include Philipp Melanchthon, Philipp Schwarzerd. 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 melanchthon a common word?

melanchthon 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for melanchthon come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.