How to pronounce anomaly
American English pronunciation
uh-NOM-uh-lee
- IPA
- /əˈnɑməli/
- Syllables
- uh · NOM · uh · lee (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What anomaly means
A thing that stands apart from the pattern
In a sentence: One red tulip was an anomaly in the yellow row.
Where it comes from: It came through Latin from a Greek word for irregularity, from a Greek word meaning uneven, the opposite of even.
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