HOW TO PRONOUNCE
meteor
/ˈmitiɚ/
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Begin with a strong “mee.”
Let t lead into a lighter ee vowel, then finish with a separate unstressed r-colored vowel.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“They watched a meteor cross the sky.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does meteor mean?
noun
- An atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors: clouds, rain, snow, hail, dew, frost), luminous meteors (rainbows and aurora), and igneous or fiery meteors (lightning and shooting stars).
- A fast-moving streak of light in the night sky caused by the entry of extraterrestrial matter into the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star or falling star.
- A prop similar to poi balls, in that it is twirled at the end of a cord or cable.
More meanings (3)
noun
- A striking weapon resembling a track and field hammer consisting of a weight swung at the end of a cable or chain.
- (figuratively) Any short-lived source of wonderment.
verb
- To move at great speed.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmitiɚ/
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Every meteor in the sky seen at Jerusalem brought the whole Christian population into the streets to weep and pray.
Reference has already been made to the alleged prediction of the fall of the famous meteor at aegespotomi by Anaxagoras.
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An hour went by, another, and a third was begun, when with whistle of wings, the blue meteor flashed into the loft.
And, as if a light had suddenly broken in upon his mind, Barbicane answered, “Then cursed be the meteor which crossed our path.”
It disappeared when it reached the houses, like a passing meteor, or a train of fire which a blast of wind suddenly extinguishes.