How to pronounce umbraphile
American English pronunciation
UM-bruh-fyl
- IPA
- /ˈʌmbɹəˌfaɪl/
- Syllables
- UM · bruh · fyl (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What umbraphile means
A person who loves eclipses and travels to see them
In a sentence: My aunt is an umbraphile who flew across the world just to stand in the moon's shadow.
Where it comes from: It joins umbra, the Latin word for shadow, with -phile, from a Greek word meaning loving.
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