How to pronounce epigraph
American English pronunciation
EP-ih-graf
- IPA
- /ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/
- Syllables
- EP · ih · graf (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What epigraph means
A short quote set at the start of a book
In a sentence: The epigraph at the front of my storybook was a line from an old song.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word for an inscription, from a verb meaning to write on.
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