yale

1. 1.

   a university in Connecticut

   SynonymsYale University

   Broaderuniversity

   Part ofNew HavenIvy League
2. 2.

   English philanthropist who made contributions to a college in Connecticut that was renamed in his honor (1649-1721)

   SynonymsElihu Yale

   Broaderphilanthropist

Other forms of yale

plural

yales·

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 yale

What does yale mean?

yale means "a university in Connecticut". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yale?

yale has 1 syllable: yale. In IPA it is /ˈjeɪl/.

What is another word for yale?

Close synonyms include Yale University, Elihu Yale. 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 yale a common word?

yale 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.