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Asiatic Pronunciation
Asiatic is pronounced ay-zhee-A-tik, IPA /ˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/.
ay-zhee-A-tik
US /ˌeɪʒiˈætɪk/
Syllables: ay · zhee · A · tik (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
adjective: Of or relating to Asia, now used mainly of plants, animals, and historical periods rather than of people.
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Asiatic in a Sentence
- The Asiatic lion survives only in one Indian forest.
- Asiatic cholera reached Europe in 1831.
- Botanists list it among the Asiatic species of lily.
Common Mispronunciations of Asiatic
Not ay-SHAY-tik
The si pair buzzes into a zh and keeps a beat of its own, giving ay-zhee rather than ay-shay. Four beats run the word and the third takes the punch.
Not a-zee-A-tik
That opening is a long ay, carried over from Asia itself. Clipping it to a flat a loses the link between the two words.
Tip: Applied to people the word now reads as dated and offensive, so Asian is the term in ordinary use.
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