How to pronounce crampon
American English pronunciation
KRAM-pon
- IPA
- /ˈkɹæmˌpɑn/
- Syllables
- KRAM · pon (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What crampon means
A spiked plate fixed to a boot for gripping ice
In a sentence: The climbers strapped on crampons before they stepped onto the frozen slope.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from French.
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