pliny

Other forms of pliny

plural

plinies·

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 pliny

What does pliny mean?

pliny means "Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pliny?

pliny has 2 syllables: plin-y. The stress falls on "plin". In IPA it is /ˈplɪni/.

What is another word for pliny?

Close synonyms include Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus. 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 pliny a common word?

pliny 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.