How to pronounce emery
American English pronunciation
EM-uh-ree
- IPA
- /ˈɛməɹi/
- Syllables
- EM · uh · ree (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What emery means
A hard, dark rock ground into grit for smoothing things
In a sentence: Mom filed her chipped fingernail smooth with a little board coated in emery.
Where it comes from: It comes from the French word émeri, which goes back through older forms to an Italian word, smeriglio.
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