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Eclipse Pronunciation
Eclipse is pronounced i-KLIPS, IPA /əˈklɪps/.
i-KLIPS
US /əˈklɪps/ · UK /ɪˈklɪps/
Syllables: i · KLIPS (2 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun and verb: An event in which one body in space blocks the light of another, or to outshine someone.
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Eclipse in a Sentence
- The eclipse was visible from the north coast for four minutes.
- Her later novels eclipsed the early ones completely.
- We drove two hours to see a partial eclipse through cloud.
Common Mispronunciations of Eclipse
Not EE-klips
Volume waits until KLIPS, and the opening reduces to a bare i with almost no colour.
Not i-KLIP-suh
The final e is silent and buys no second beat, so the word stops on the hissed s.
Tip: Ecliptic, the path the sun appears to trace, moves the beat one place along and keeps the same opening.
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