wellington

Other forms of wellington

plural

wellingtons·

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 wellington

What does wellington mean?

wellington means "British general and statesman; he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; subsequently served as Prime Minister (1769-1852)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wellington?

wellington has 3 syllables: wel-ling-ton. The stress falls on "wel". In IPA it is /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/.

What is another word for wellington?

Close synonyms include Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Iron Duke, capital of New Zealand. 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 wellington a common word?

wellington is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.