How to pronounce monitor
American English pronunciation
MON-ih-tur
- IPA
- /ˈmɑnɪtɚ/
- Syllables
- MON · ih · tur (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What monitor means
Most people know monitor in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A large lizard with a long neck and strong tail
In a sentence: At the zoo, a monitor flicked its forked tongue and swished its long tail.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin word monitor, meaning one who warns, from monere, to warn. How the lizard got this name is not clear.
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