proselyte

1. 1.

   a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism

   Broaderconvert

Other forms of proselyte

plural

proselytes·

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 proselyte

What does proselyte mean?

proselyte means "a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism".

How many syllables are in proselyte?

proselyte has 3 syllables and divides as pro-se-lyte 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.