Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouth breathing

/ˈmaʊθ ˌbɹiːðɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English

Syllables: mouth breath-ing
IPA: /ˈmaʊθ ˌbɹiːðɪŋ/

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Long-term breathing through the mouth, often caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: breathing through the mouth.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

mouth breathings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce mouth breathing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmaʊθ ˌbɹiːðɪŋ/.
What does mouth breathing mean?: Long-term breathing through the mouth, often caused by an obstruction to breathing through the nose.

How to pronounce mouth breathing

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