HOW TO PRONOUNCE
mirror
/ˈmɪɹɚ/
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Keep the main beat on the first vowel.
Use two syllables, beginning with the short i of sit. Let the r lead into the lighter r-colored ending, without inserting a separate strong vowel.
2 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The mirror stood beside the window.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does mirror mean?
noun
- A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
- (figuratively) An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
- A website or server that contains replicated data from another site.
More meanings (6)
noun
- A mirror carp.
- (historical) An ethical-didactic treatise that details exemplary conduct through models, advising kings, princes, clergy, etc. on how to behave.
verb
- To reflect, as in a mirror.
- To act as a reflection of, either by being identical to, or by being identical but reversed.
- Of an event, activity, behavior, to be identical to; to be a copy of; to imitate closely.
- To create something identical to (a website, etc.).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmɪɹɚ/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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The HISPANIOLA, in that unbroken mirror, was exactly portrayed from the truck to the waterline, the Jolly Roger hanging from her peak.
She returned to the mirror and began again to put on airs before it, scrutinizing herself full-face and three-quarters face in turn.
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He fetched a stool and set it against the wall facing the great mirror that filled the whole of the wall-space opposite.
The while he was doing this Mrs. Hurstwood was observing him casually through the medium of the mirror which was before her.
This is the "daily miracle" of evening, as the blazing peaks in the darkness of Mirror Lake are the miracle of morning.