How to pronounce register
American English pronunciation
REJ-ih-ster
- IPA
- /ˈɹɛdʒɪstɚ/
- Syllables
- REJ · ih · ster (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What register means
Most people know register in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A range of notes in a voice or instrument
In a sentence: The tuba plays in a low register, far below the flute.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin registrum, a list, from a word meaning to record or carry back. The music meaning grew from the same word.
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