HOW TO PRONOUNCE
route
/ɹut/
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Root and rout are both used.
The IPA shown rhymes with root. Another pronunciation rhymes with out; both have one syllable.
1 syllable
TRY SAYING
“We chose a scenic route through the valley.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does route mean?
noun
- A course or way which is traveled or passed.
- A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
- A road or path; often specifically a highway.
More meanings (10)
noun
- (figuratively) One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
- A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.
- A race longer than one mile.
- A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.
- (historical) One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
verb
- To direct or divert along a particular course.
- to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
- To send (information) through a router.
- Eye dialect spelling of root.
proper noun
- A surname from French.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹut/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Nothing was said until, against a shady background of foliage, five white bars were visible, crossing their route a little way ahead.
“Observe, too,” added John Sullivan, “that we have received no intelligence from him, though there are telegraphic lines all along his route.”
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This part of the country is less uniformly barren than the tracts of shifting sand that lie on the El Arish route.
It had never done this before, and we knew the route it had taken only from a neighbour having watched its movements.
Blood trickled from the carcase, and dropped upon the ground, thus forming a trace throughout the route until we reached the camp.