How to pronounce funicular
American English pronunciation
fyoo-NIK-yuh-lur
- IPA
- /fjuˈnɪkjəlɚ/
- Syllables
- fyoo · NIK · yuh · lur (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What funicular means
A railway that pulls cars up a steep slope by cable
In a sentence: We rode the funicular up the steep hill instead of climbing all those stairs.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word for a thin cord, from the word for a rope.
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