verdun

1. 1.

   a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped

   Synonymsbattle of Verdun

   Broaderpitched battle

   Part ofWorld War I

   France

Other forms of verdun

plural

verduns·

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 verdun

What does verdun mean?

verdun means "a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped".

How many syllables are in verdun?

verdun has 2 syllables: ver-dun. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /ˈvɝdən/.

What is another word for verdun?

Close synonyms include battle of Verdun. 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 verdun a common word?

verdun 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.