tragedienne

1. 1.

   an actress who specializes in tragic roles

   Broaderactress

Other forms of tragedienne

plural

tragediennes·

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 tragedienne

What does tragedienne mean?

tragedienne means "an actress who specializes in tragic roles".

How many syllables are in tragedienne?

tragedienne has 3 syllables and divides as tra-ge-dienne under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.