muscadel

Questions about muscadel

What does muscadel mean?

muscadel means "wine from muscat grapes".

How many syllables are in muscadel?

muscadel has 3 syllables and divides as mu-sca-del 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 muscadel?

Close synonyms include muscat, muscatel, muscadelle. 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 muscadel a common word?

muscadel 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.