severn

Other forms of severn

plural

severns·

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 severn

What does severn mean?

severn means "a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in severn?

severn has 2 syllables: sev-ern. The stress falls on "sev". In IPA it is /ˈsɛvɚn/.

What is another word for severn?

Close synonyms include Severn River, River Severn, Severn River. 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 severn a common word?

severn 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.