penn

Other forms of penn

plural

penns·

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 penn

What does penn mean?

penn means "Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in penn?

penn has 1 syllable: penn. In IPA it is /ˈpɛn/.

What is another word for penn?

Close synonyms include William Penn, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. 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 penn a common word?

penn 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.

What rhymes with penn?

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