How to pronounce grimoire
American English pronunciation
grim-WAHR
- IPA
- /ɡɹɪmˈwɑɹ/
- Syllables
- grim · WAHR (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What grimoire means
A wizard's book of magic spells
In a sentence: The young wizard flipped through her grimoire to find a spell for rain.
Where it comes from: It comes from a French word that started out as another form of grammaire, meaning grammar. So it is a cousin of the English word grammar.
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