How to pronounce flight
American English pronunciation
FLYTE
- IPA
- /ˈflaɪt/
- Syllables
- FLYTE (1 syllable)
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What flight means
Most people know flight in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A set of stairs between two floors
In a sentence: Grandma climbs three flights of stairs to reach her apartment.
Where it comes from: It is the same word as flight, flying through the air. It comes from an Old English word related to fly.
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