pretzel

1. 1.

   glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot

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Other forms of pretzel

plural

pretzels·

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 pretzel

What does pretzel mean?

pretzel means "glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot".

How many syllables are in pretzel?

pretzel has 2 syllables: pret-zel. The stress falls on "pret". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɛtzəl/.

Is pretzel a common word?

pretzel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.