paean

Other forms of paean

plural

paeans·

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 paean

What does paean mean?

paean means "a formal expression of praise". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paean?

paean has 2 syllables: pa-ean. The stress falls on "pa". In IPA it is /ˈpiən/.

What is another word for paean?

Close synonyms include encomium, eulogy, panegyric, pean, pean. 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 paean a common word?

paean is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with paean?

4 words rhyme with paean. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.