trafalgar

1. 1.

   a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded)

   Synonymsbattle of Trafalgar

   Broadernaval battle

   Part ofNapoleonic Wars

   Atlantic

Other forms of trafalgar

plural

trafalgars·

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 trafalgar

What does trafalgar mean?

trafalgar means "a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded)".

How many syllables are in trafalgar?

trafalgar has 3 syllables: tra-fal-gar. The stress falls on "fal". In IPA it is /tɹəˈfælɡɚ/.

What is another word for trafalgar?

Close synonyms include battle of Trafalgar. 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 trafalgar a common word?

trafalgar 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.