How to pronounce incubator
American English pronunciation
IN-kyoo-bay-ter
- IPA
- /ˈɪnkjuˌbeɪtɚ/
- Syllables
- IN · kyoo · bay · ter (4 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What incubator means
A warm box that keeps eggs cozy until they hatch
In a sentence: We watched the chicks peck out of their shells in the classroom incubator.
Where it comes from: It comes from incubate, from a Latin word meaning "to lie on," the way a bird sits on its eggs.
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