How to pronounce entrance
American English pronunciation
en-TRANS
- IPA
- /ɛnˈtɹæns/
- Syllables
- en · TRANS (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What entrance means
Most people know entrance in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
To fill someone with wonder and delight
In a sentence: The tiny spinning dancer in the music box seemed to entrance the baby.
Where it comes from: It is en- plus trance, a dreamy, dazed state. The doorway entrance is a different word, from the French entrer, to enter.
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