phoebe

Other forms of phoebe

plural

phoebes·

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 phoebe

What does phoebe mean?

phoebe means "the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in phoebe?

phoebe has 2 syllables: pho-ebe. The stress falls on "pho". In IPA it is /ˈfibi/.

What is another word for phoebe?

Close synonyms include five, 5, V, cinque, quint. 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 phoebe a common word?

phoebe 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.