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Anaerobic Pronunciation
Anaerobic is pronounced a-ner-OH-bik, IPA /ˌænɝˈoʊbɪk/.
a-ner-OH-bik
US /ˌænɝˈoʊbɪk/ · UK /ˌæneəˈrəʊbɪk/
Syllables: a · ner · OH · bik (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
adjective: Happening or living without oxygen.
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Anaerobic in a Sentence
- Anaerobic bacteria thrive at the bottom of the tank.
- Sprinting is anaerobic work and cannot be sustained.
- The site uses anaerobic digestion to treat food waste.
Common Mispronunciations of Anaerobic
Not an-ay-uh-ROH-bik
American speech runs the an and the aer together into a-ner, giving four beats rather than five. British dictionaries do keep the extra step, a-neuh-ROH-bik.
Not a-ner-OH-beek
That final vowel is the short i of brick, since the ic ending always reduces. A long ee belongs to French and Spanish cognates.
Tip: Aerobic loses the an prefix and keeps the same peak, er-OH-bik, so the two words rhyme from the middle onwards.
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