How to pronounce terminus
American English pronunciation
TUR-muh-nus
- IPA
- /ˈtɝmənəs/
- Syllables
- TUR · muh · nus (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What terminus means
The last stop at the end of a train or bus line
In a sentence: We rode the tram all the way to its terminus, where it turned around to go back.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin terminus, a boundary or limit. The word term is related.
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