Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stallone

/stəˈloʊn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: stal-lone
IPA: /stəˈloʊn/

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

used specifically of Sylvester Stallone (b. 1946), an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer, known especially for his acting roles as boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John Rambo.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"First critic: […] By the way, did you hear about the new film Stallone is making? It's titled Rocky Balboa Enters a Nursing Home. Stallone plays an aging Rocky—false teeth, hearing aid, Depends."
"His dark hair was cut short, brushed forward, speckles of white adding texture, and I imagined he modelled himself on ERs George Clooney, although he looked more like Stallone—Stallone' gone wrong, if you can imagine that;[…]"
"George Cosmatos, the director of Rambo II and Cobra, has died from cancer aged 64. Apart from shooting Stallone vehicles, Cosmatos was best known for the 1993 western Tombstone, starring Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer."

Etymology

From Italian stallone (“stallion”), from Frankish *stallo, from *stall (“stable”) where the horses were kept. More at English stall.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: stallone, *stallo

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /stəˈloʊn/
British English: /stəˈləʊn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Stallones (plural)

Derived Forms

Stallonesque Stallonian

Rhymes With

own known phone well-known alone shown stone zone loan grown unknown tone

Questions

How do you pronounce stallone?: The recorded pronunciation is /stəˈloʊn/.
What does stallone mean?: A surname;
Where does stallone come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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