trilby

1. 1.

   singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali

   Broaderfictional character
2. 2.

   a hat made of felt with a creased crown

   Synonymsfedorafelt hathomburgStetson

   Broaderhat

Other forms of trilby

plural

trilbies·

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 trilby

What does trilby mean?

trilby means "singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trilby?

trilby has 2 syllables: tril-by. The stress falls on "tril". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɪlbi/.

What is another word for trilby?

Close synonyms include fedora, felt hat, homburg, Stetson. 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 trilby a common word?

trilby 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.