How to pronounce tralatitious
American English pronunciation
tral-uh-TISH-us
- IPA
- /ˌtɹæləˈtɪʃəs/
- Syllables
- tral · uh · TISH · us (4 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What tralatitious means
Used in a borrowed, figurative sense
In a sentence: When Mom called my messy room a pigsty, she meant it in a tralatitious way.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning passed along or carried over.
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