turgenev

1. 1.

   Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883)

   SynonymsIvan TurgenevIvan Sergeevich Turgenev

   Broaderwriter

Other forms of turgenev

plural

turgenevs·

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 turgenev

What does turgenev mean?

turgenev means "Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883)".

How many syllables are in turgenev?

turgenev has 3 syllables: tur-ge-nev. The stress falls on "tur".

What is another word for turgenev?

Close synonyms include Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. 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 turgenev a common word?

turgenev is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.