solomon

1. 1.

   (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)

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   Old Testament

Other forms of solomon

plural

solomons·

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 solomon

What does solomon mean?

solomon means "(Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)".

How many syllables are in solomon?

solomon has 3 syllables: so-lo-mon. The stress falls on "so". In IPA it is /ˈsɑləmən/.

Is solomon a common word?

solomon 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.