How to pronounce araneous
American English pronunciation
uh-RAY-nee-us
- IPA
- /əˈɹeɪniəs/
- Syllables
- uh · RAY · nee · us (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What araneous means
Thin and delicate, like a cobweb
In a sentence: The fairy's wings were araneous, so thin that you could see the flowers through them.
Where it comes from: It comes from Latin, from a word for a spider or a spider's web.
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