taurus

Other forms of taurus

plural

tauruses·

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 taurus

What does taurus mean?

taurus means "Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in taurus?

taurus has 2 syllables: tau-rus. The stress falls on "tau". In IPA it is /ˈtɔɹəs/.

What is another word for taurus?

Close synonyms include Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal. 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 taurus a common word?

taurus 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.