How to pronounce cetacean
American English pronunciation
sih-TAY-shun
- IPA
- /sɪˈteɪʃən/
- Syllables
- sih · TAY · shun (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What cetacean means
A whale, dolphin or porpoise
In a sentence: The biggest cetacean of all is the blue whale.
Where it comes from: It comes from Cetacea, the science name for the group, from the Latin cetus, a whale.
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