napoleon

1. 1.

   French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

   SynonymsNapoleon INapoleon BonaparteBonaparteLittle Corporal

   Broadergeneralemperor
2. 2.

   a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream

   BroaderFrench pastry
3. 3.

   a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

   Synonymsnap

   Broadercard game

Other forms of napoleon

plural

napoleons·

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 napoleon

What does napoleon mean?

napoleon means "French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in napoleon?

napoleon has 4 syllables: na-po-le-on. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /nəˈpoʊliən/.

What is another word for napoleon?

Close synonyms include Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Little Corporal, nap. 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 napoleon a common word?

napoleon is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.