How to pronounce adobe
American English pronunciation
uh-DOH-bee
- IPA
- /əˈdoʊbi/
- Syllables
- uh · DOH · bee (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What adobe means
A brick of mud and straw baked dry in the sun
In a sentence: The thick walls were built from adobe that had dried for weeks in the sun.
Where it comes from: It came into English from Spanish, which got it from Arabic. The word goes all the way back to ancient Egyptian, where it meant "brick."
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