vandyke

Other forms of vandyke

plural

vandykes·

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 vandyke

What does vandyke mean?

vandyke means "Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vandyke?

vandyke has 2 syllables: van-dyke. The stress falls on "dyke". In IPA it is /ˌvænˈdaɪk/.

What is another word for vandyke?

Close synonyms include Van Dyck, Anthony Vandyke, Sir Anthony Vandyke, vandyke beard. 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 vandyke a common word?

vandyke 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.

What rhymes with vandyke?

4 words rhyme with vandyke. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.