portsmouth

Other forms of portsmouth

plural

portsmouths·

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 portsmouth

What does portsmouth mean?

portsmouth means "a port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base; shipyards". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in portsmouth?

portsmouth has 2 syllables: port-smouth. The stress falls on "port". In IPA it is /ˈpɔɹtsməθ/.

What is another word for portsmouth?

Close synonyms include Pompey. 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 portsmouth a common word?

portsmouth 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.