melchior

Other forms of melchior

plural

melchiors·

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 melchior

What does melchior mean?

melchior means "United States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in melchior?

melchior has 3 syllables: mel-chi-or. The stress falls on "chi". In IPA it is /meɪlˈtʃiɚ/.

What is another word for melchior?

Close synonyms include Lauritz Melchior, Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior. 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 melchior a common word?

melchior 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.