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Philanthropist Pronunciation
Philanthropist is pronounced fuh-LAN-thruh-puhst, IPA /fəˈlænθrəpəst/.
fuh-LAN-thruh-puhst
US /fəˈlænθrəpəst/ · UK /fɪˈlænθrəˌpɪst/
Syllables: fuh · LAN · thruh · puhst (4 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: A person who gives large sums of money to good causes.
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Philanthropist in a Sentence
- A local philanthropist paid for the new roof.
- She is remembered as a philanthropist rather than an engineer.
- The gallery was founded by a philanthropist in 1890.
Common Mispronunciations of Philanthropist
Not FI-luhn-throh-pist
Hammer LAN, the second of four, and let the ending fade away to thruh-puhst.
Not fuh-LAN-troh-pist
Hiss the th as in thick. Flattening it to a t loses the Greek root for human being.
Tip: Four beats, fuh-LAN-thruh-puhst. Philanthropy holds the beat in the same place.
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