rousseau

Other forms of rousseau

plural

rousseaus·

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 rousseau

What does rousseau mean?

rousseau means "French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rousseau?

rousseau has 2 syllables: rous-seau. The stress falls on "seau". In IPA it is /ɹuˈsoʊ/.

What is another word for rousseau?

Close synonyms include Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Henri Rousseau, Le Douanier Rousseau. 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 rousseau a common word?

rousseau 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.

What rhymes with rousseau?

7 words rhyme with rousseau. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.