How to pronounce manticore
American English pronunciation
MAN-tih-kor
- IPA
- /ˈmæntɪˌkɔɹ/
- Syllables
- MAN · tih · kor (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What manticore means
A legendary lion with a man's face and a scorpion's tail
In a sentence: The picture in the old book showed a manticore with a spiky, curled-up tail.
Where it comes from: It comes through Latin and Greek from an old Persian name built from the Persian word for man.
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