ottoman

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture

Other forms of ottoman

plural

ottomans

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 ottoman

What does ottoman mean?

ottoman means "a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ottoman?

ottoman has 3 syllables: ot-to-man. The stress falls on "ot". In IPA it is /ˈɑtəmən/.

What is another word for ottoman?

Close synonyms include Ottoman Turk, Osmanli, Ottoman dynasty, pouf, pouffe. 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 ottoman a common word?

ottoman is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.