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Apocryphal Pronunciation
Apocryphal is pronounced uh-PAH-kruh-fuhl, IPA /əˈpɑkrəfəl/.
uh-PAH-kruh-fuhl
US /əˈpɑkrəfəl/ · UK /əˈpɒkrɪfəl/
Syllables: uh · PAH · kruh · fuhl (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
adjective: Widely repeated but almost certainly untrue.
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Apocryphal in a Sentence
- The story about the piano is apocryphal.
- Most of what you hear about the founder is apocryphal.
- An apocryphal quotation has followed him for years.
Common Mispronunciations of Apocryphal
Not A-poh-kri-fuhl
Apocrypha gives the beat to its second syllable and the adjective leaves it exactly there, on PAH.
Not uh-PAH-kry-fuhl
The y in the middle is a dull uh, with none of the long i that cry and dry carry.
Tip: The Apocrypha are the books left out of the Hebrew bible, and the Greek root means hidden away.
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