norman

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Normandy

   “Norman beaches”
2. 2.

   of or relating to or characteristic of the Normans

   “the Norman Invasion in 1066”

Other forms of norman

plural

normans·

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 norman

What does norman mean?

norman means "United States operatic soprano (born in 1945)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in norman?

norman has 2 syllables: nor-man. The stress falls on "nor". In IPA it is /ˈnɔɹmən/.

What is another word for norman?

Close synonyms include Jessye Norman, Greg Norman, Gregory John Norman. 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 norman a common word?

norman 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.