How to pronounce helpmate
American English pronunciation
HELP-mayt
- IPA
- /ˈhɛlpˌmeɪt/
- Syllables
- HELP · mayt (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What helpmate means
A helpful partner who shares the work
In a sentence: Mom and Dad are helpmates, taking turns with the cooking and the cleaning.
Where it comes from: It began as "helpmeet," an old word for a fitting helper. People changed it to sound like "help" and "mate," and the new word stuck.
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