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Organism Pronunciation
Organism is pronounced AWR-guh-ni-zuhm, IPA /ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəm/.
AWR-guh-ni-zuhm
US /ˈɔrgəˌnɪzəm/ · UK /ˈɔːgəˌnɪzəm/
Syllables: AWR · guh · ni · zuhm (4 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A living thing, such as an animal, a plant or a bacterium.
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Organism in a Sentence
- A single organism can contain trillions of cells.
- The pond holds more than one organism of that kind.
- Each organism was weighed and recorded.
Common Mispronunciations of Organism
Not awr-GA-ni-zuhm
AWR at the front takes the beat, and the three behind it stay flat and quick.
Not AWR-guh-nism
Four beats, because the ism ending splits into i and zuhm with a weak vowel between them.
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