tailcoat

Other forms of tailcoat

plural

tailcoats·

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 tailcoat

What does tailcoat mean?

tailcoat means "formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men".

How many syllables are in tailcoat?

tailcoat has 3 syllables: ta-il-coat. The stress falls on "ta".

What is another word for tailcoat?

Close synonyms include dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tails, white tie. 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 tailcoat a common word?

tailcoat 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.