phyle

1. 1.

   a tribe of ancient Athenians

   Broadertribe

Other forms of phyle

plural

phylae

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 phyle

What does phyle mean?

phyle means "a tribe of ancient Athenians".

How many syllables are in phyle?

phyle has 1 syllable: phyle. In IPA it is /ˈfaɪl/.

Is phyle a common word?

phyle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.