English pronunciation · Words Starting with B
Biceps Pronunciation
Biceps is pronounced BY-seps, IPA /ˈbaɪˌsɛps/.
BY-seps
US /ˈbaɪˌsɛps/ · UK /ˈbaɪsəps/
Syllables: BY · seps (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: The large muscle at the front of the upper arm, named for its two heads.
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Biceps in a Sentence
- He tore his biceps lifting the crate.
- Curls work the biceps and little else.
- Her left biceps is noticeably larger than the right.
Common Mispronunciations of Biceps
Not BY-sep
The s belongs to the word itself and is not a plural, since the ceps element means heads. One muscle is a biceps, and bicep is a back-formation dictionaries now grudgingly list.
Not BI-seps
That opening i is the long eye of bite, because bi means two here as it does in bicycle and bilingual.
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