zeppelin

Questions about zeppelin

What does zeppelin mean?

zeppelin means "German inventor who designed and built the first rigid motorized dirigible (1838-1917)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in zeppelin?

zeppelin has 3 syllables: zep-pe-lin. The stress falls on "zep". In IPA it is /ˈzɛpɪlɪn/.

What is another word for zeppelin?

Close synonyms include Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Graf Zeppelin. 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 zeppelin a common word?

zeppelin 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.