spleen

Other forms of spleen

plural

spleens·

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 spleen

What does spleen mean?

spleen means "a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spleen?

spleen has 1 syllable: spleen. In IPA it is /ˈsplin/.

What is another word for spleen?

Close synonyms include lien, irascibility, short temper, quick temper. 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 spleen a common word?

spleen 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.