English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Ageratum Pronunciation
Ageratum is pronounced uh-JE-ruh-tuhm, IPA /əˈdʒɛrətəm/.
uh-JE-ruh-tuhm
US /əˈdʒɛrətəm/ · UK /ˌeɪdʒəˈrɑːtəm/
Syllables: uh · JE · ruh · tuhm (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A low garden plant with fluffy blue or white flower heads, also called floss flower.
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Ageratum in a Sentence
- She planted a border of ageratum along the path.
- Ageratum keeps flowering until the first frost.
- The blue ageratum had spread right across the bed.
Common Mispronunciations of Ageratum
Not a-juh-RAY-tuhm
No long ay sits in the pushed beat of the American reading, which gives JE, as in the opening of jelly.
Not AY-juh-ruh-tuhm
Second of the four beats is the one that carries it in American speech.
Tip: The two standard readings differ in nearly every part: uh-JE-ruh-tuhm in America and ay-juh-RAH-tuhm in Britain.
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