How do you pronounce acoustics?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkuː.stɪks/.

acoustics

/əˈkuː.stɪks/

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Frequency: 3.10 in modern English

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""Acoustics, then, or the science of sound, is a very consderable branch of physics, and one which has been cultivated from the earliest ages."
"The acoustics in the opera house gave the whole concert a spooky sound."

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics From acoustic + -s.

acoustics See (canonical) acousticks (alternative, obsolete)

aeroacoustics archaeoacoustics bioacoustics ecoacoustics electroacoustics hydroacoustics ionoacoustics magnetoacoustics microacoustics noraconitine otoacoustics photoacoustics

quantum acoustics

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