How to pronounce firmament
American English pronunciation
FUR-muh-munt
- IPA
- /ˈfɝməmənt/
- Syllables
- FUR · muh · munt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What firmament means
The sky, seen as a great arch overhead
In a sentence: At night, the firmament above the desert sparkled with stars.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin firmamentum, meaning "a support." That word comes from a verb meaning "to make strong."
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