qabbala

Other forms of qabbala

plural

qabbalas·

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 qabbala

What does qabbala mean?

qabbala means "an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries".

How many syllables are in qabbala?

qabbala has 3 syllables and divides as qab-ba-la 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 qabbala?

Close synonyms include Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala. 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 qabbala a common word?

qabbala 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.