Bloomsday
Blooms·day/ˈbluːmz.deɪ/noun
Bloomsday is spelled B-L-O-O-M-S-D-A-Y: 9 letters and 2 syllables (Blooms·day). It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Bloomsday means “An annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Bloomsday is Bloomsdays.
How many letters and syllables are in Bloomsday?
| Letters | 9: B-L-O-O-M-S-D-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Blooms·day |
| In writing | about once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Bloomsday?
Bloomsday appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Bloomsday?
- /ˈbluːmz.deɪ/
Bloomsday has 2 syllables, split Blooms·day in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Bloomsday.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Bloomsday
- Bloomsdays plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Bloomsday mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An annual celebration (on 16 June, in Dublin and elsewhere) of the life of Irish writer James Joyce and the events depicted in his novel Ulysses.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Bloomsday come from?
From the name of Leopold Bloom, protagonist of Ulysses + -s- + day.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).