How to pronounce carapace
American English pronunciation
KAR-uh-payss
- IPA
- /ˈkæɹəˌpeɪs/
- Syllables
- KAR · uh · payss (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
- Also said
- KAIR-uh-payss
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What carapace means
The hard shell that covers the back of a turtle, crab or beetle
In a sentence: The little turtle pulled its head back under its carapace.
Where it comes from: It came into English from French, from the Spanish carapacho. No one is sure where that word came from, but it is likely from an old, lost language of the Mediterranean.
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