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Cheshire Cat Pronunciation
Cheshire Cat is pronounced CHE-sher-KAT, IPA /ˈtʃɛʃɝ ˈkæt/.
CHE-sher-KAT
US /ˈtʃɛʃɝ ˈkæt/
Syllables: CHE · sher · KAT (3 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (phrase): The grinning cat in Alice in Wonderland, used as a byword for a broad fixed smile.
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Cheshire Cat in a Sentence
- He sat there grinning like a Cheshire cat.
- The Cheshire cat appears and vanishes at will.
- She had the smile of a Cheshire cat all afternoon.
Common Mispronunciations of Cheshire Cat
Not CHE-shyr-KAT
The shire ending of an English county name is a weak sher or shuh, never the word shire on its own.
Not che-SHEER-kat
The first syllable is the loud one, and the middle shrinks to almost nothing: CHE-sher-KAT.
Tip: The same weak ending turns up in Yorkshire, Hampshire, and Lancashire.
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