Como Pronunciar "epithet"

word

EP-uh-thet

EP-i-tit

Definição

An epithet is a descriptive word or phrase used to characterize someone or something, sometimes as a title, and can also mean an insulting or offensive nickname.

Transcrição IPA

Inglês Americano

ˈɛpəˌθɛt

Inglês Britânico

ˈɛpɪθɪt

Pronúncia Simplificada

EUA

EP-uh-thet

EP-i-tit

Ouça em Contexto

Homer often used an epithet to describe gods, like 'swift-footed Achilles'.

The word 'brave' in 'the brave knight' is an epithet.

Sometimes, people use an epithet as an insult.

He angrily shouted a racial epithet during the argument.