yisrael

Other forms of yisrael

plural

yisraels·

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 yisrael

What does yisrael mean?

yisrael means "Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine".

How many syllables are in yisrael?

yisrael has 3 syllables and divides as y-is-rael under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for yisrael?

Close synonyms include Israel, State of Israel, Zion, Sion. 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 yisrael a common word?

yisrael 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.