pilsen

Questions about pilsen

What does pilsen mean?

pilsen means "a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated".

How many syllables are in pilsen?

pilsen has 2 syllables and divides as pil-sen under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pilsen?

Close synonyms include Plzen. 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 pilsen a common word?

pilsen 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.