How to pronounce stratosphere
American English pronunciation
STRAT-uh-sfeer
- IPA
- /ˈstɹætəˌsfɪɹ/
- Syllables
- STRAT · uh · sfeer (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What stratosphere means
The high layer of air above where weather happens
In a sentence: The weather balloon floated higher and higher until it reached the stratosphere.
Where it comes from: A French weather scientist, Léon Teisserenc de Bort, made up the word. It joins strato-, from a Latin word for a layer, and sphere.
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