Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quartermain mountains

/ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
quar-ter-main -moun-tains
IPA
/ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/
33
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Etymology

From Quartermain (surname) + mountains, named after one Lester Bowden Quartermain, an Antarctic historian from New Zealand. Coined by advisory committee for Antarctic geographic naming New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/

Inflected Forms

the Quartermain Mountains (canonical, plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce quartermain mountains?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/.
What does quartermain mountains mean?
A mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Where does quartermain mountains come from?
From Quartermain (surname) + mountains, named after one Lester Bowden Quartermain, an Antarctic historian from New Zealand. Coined by advisory committee for Antarctic geographic naming New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977.

How to pronounce quartermain mountains

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “quartermain mountains”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “quartermain mountains”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “quartermain mountains” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.