How to pronounce triumvirate
American English pronunciation
try-UM-vur-it
- IPA
- /tɹaɪˈʌmvɚ.ɪt/
- Syllables
- try · UM · vur · it (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What triumvirate means
A group of three people who share power or lead together
In a sentence: Three friends formed a triumvirate to run the school book club.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word for a group of three men who ruled together, from the Latin for of three and man.
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