nilsson

1. 1.

   Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)

   SynonymsBrigit NilssonMarta Brigit Nilsson

   Broadersoprano

Other forms of nilsson

plural

nilssons·

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 nilsson

What does nilsson mean?

nilsson means "Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)".

How many syllables are in nilsson?

nilsson has 2 syllables: nils-son. The stress falls on "nils". In IPA it is /ˈnɪlsən/.

What is another word for nilsson?

Close synonyms include Brigit Nilsson, Marta Brigit Nilsson. 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 nilsson a common word?

nilsson 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.