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Transit Pronunciation
Transit is pronounced TRAN-zit, IPA /ˈtrænzɪt/.
TRAN-zit
US /ˈtrænzɪt/ · UK /ˈtrænsɪt/
Syllables: TRAN · zit (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun and verb: The carrying of people or goods across a distance, or a public transport system.
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Transit in a Sentence
- The parcel was damaged in transit.
- Public transit runs until one in the morning.
- A small moon will transit the planet tonight.
Common Mispronunciations of Transit
Not tran-SIT
TRAN opens loud and zit falls away behind it. Transition is the relative that hands the weight to the middle.
Not TRAN-seet
That second vowel is a short i and keeps no length at all. An ee there gives the French transit the word was borrowed from.
Tip: American dictionaries buzz the s into a z and British ones hiss it, so TRAN-zit and TRAN-sit are both standard.
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