michaelmas

Questions about michaelmas

What does michaelmas mean?

michaelmas means "honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland".

How many syllables are in michaelmas?

michaelmas has 4 syllables and divides as mi-cha-el-mas 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 michaelmas?

Close synonyms include Michaelmas Day, September 29. 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 michaelmas a common word?

michaelmas 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.