How to pronounce emu
American English pronunciation
EE-myoo
- IPA
- /ˈimju/
- Syllables
- EE · myoo (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What emu means
A tall Australian bird that can't fly but runs fast
In a sentence: The emu could not fly, but it raced past our car on its long legs.
Where it comes from: It came from Portuguese. The Portuguese word probably first named a different big bird that can't fly, the rhea of South America.
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