HOW TO PRONOUNCE
amoeba
/əˈmibə/
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The middle syllable sounds like “mee.”
Use three syllables, with the main beat in the middle. The written oe represents that strong ee vowel, while the opening and final vowels stay light.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The drawing shows an amoeba.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does amoeba mean?
noun
- A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
- Any eukaryote that exhibits amoeboid movement, having the ability to change its shape.
- A graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (slang) An asexual.
- A large pattern with fluctuating edges typically made of whitespace.
- (historical) Any member of the class or phylum Sarcodina, a polyphyletic grouping into which diverse amoeboids were placed.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈmibə/
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For this is in accordance with the universal law of Growth and Decay--a law that exempts neither the one-celled amoeba, nor the complex Solar system whirling yonder in Infinite space.
The Life Force either will not or cannot achieve immortality except in very low organisms: indeed it is by no means ascertained that even the amoeba is immortal.