How to pronounce brachiate
American English pronunciation
BRAY-kee-ayt
- IPA
- /ˈbɹeɪkiˌeɪt/
- Syllables
- BRAY · kee · ayt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What brachiate means
To travel through trees by swinging arm over arm
In a sentence: The gibbons brachiated across the zoo's rope bridge in a few quick swings.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning having arms, from brachium, an arm.
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