How to pronounce defenestrate
American English pronunciation
dih-FEN-ih-strayt
- IPA
- /dɪˈfɛnɪˌstɹeɪt/
- Syllables
- dih · FEN · ih · strayt (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What defenestrate means
To throw someone or something out of a window
In a sentence: Tired of its beeping, Dad joked that he would defenestrate the old alarm clock.
Where it comes from: It comes from "fenestra," the Latin word for a window. The verb dates from 1904, but a famous event in 1618 is called the Defenestration of Prague.
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