tallis

Other forms of tallis

plural

tallises·

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 tallis

What does tallis mean?

tallis means "English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tallis?

tallis has 2 syllables: tal-lis. The stress falls on "tal".

What is another word for tallis?

Close synonyms include Thomas Tallis, prayer shawl, tallith. 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 tallis a common word?

tallis 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.