philemon

Other forms of philemon

plural

philemons·

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 philemon

What does philemon mean?

philemon means "(Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in philemon?

philemon has 3 syllables: phi-le-mon. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /fəˈleɪmən/.

What is another word for philemon?

Close synonyms include Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to Philemon. 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 philemon a common word?

philemon 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 philemon?

1 word rhymes with philemon. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.